FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Biomet, Inc.: A.L.P.S. - Medium Bone Plate Forceps. Orthopedic manual surgical instrument.
- Recall number
- Z-2072-2015
- Recalling firm
- Biomet, Inc.
- Product
- A.L.P.S. - Medium Bone Plate Forceps. Orthopedic manual surgical instrument.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2015-06-17
- Posted
- 2015-07-14
- Terminated
- 2016-03-22
- Reason
- Medium Bone Plate Forceps was assembled with the incorrect grip arm tip. Potential that the surgeon will be unable to provisionally clamp the plate to the patient's bone.
- Root cause
- Vendor change control
- Action
- On 6/17/2015, URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL NOTICE notifications were sent to the affected distributors with instructions for locating and returning the affected product. The recall notification included a description of the reason for the recall, affected product, consignee responsibilities, and instructions for responding to the formal recall notification. Questions related to this notice should be directed to (574) 372-1570, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Quantity
- 223
- Distribution
- Domestic: TX NJ, NC, KY, MA, SD, MO, AL, IN, GA, AR International: Netherlands, Japan, Costa Rica
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Part Number: 816301006 Lot Numbers: 099216, 093776, 093717, 093716, 088526, 081179, 072525, 072524
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- HYA
- Firm FEI
- 1825034
- Firm city
- Warsaw
- Firm state
- IN
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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