FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Zimmer, Inc.: 00-4309-029-00- Trabecular Metal Reverse Shoulder Liner 36mm, Nonsterile Per surgical technique 97-4309-003-00 Revision 4: "Complete Poly Liner insertion by snapping the appropriate 60 (Standard) or 65 (Retentive) Poly Liner Impactor to the Poly Liner Impactor Handle. Then, place the Poly Liner Impactor on the Poly Liner articular surface and forcefully strike the Poly Liner Handle with a mallet."
- Recall number
- Z-2214-2012
- Recalling firm
- Zimmer, Inc.
- Product
- 00-4309-029-00- Trabecular Metal Reverse Shoulder Liner 36mm, Nonsterile Per surgical technique 97-4309-003-00 Revision 4: "Complete Poly Liner insertion by snapping the appropriate 60 (Standard) or 65 (Retentive) Poly Liner Impactor to the Poly Liner Impactor Handle. Then, place the Poly Liner Impactor on the Poly Liner articular surface and forcefully strike the Poly Liner Handle with a mallet."
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-07-18
- Posted
- 2012-08-16
- Terminated
- 2014-04-17
- Reason
- Lot specific Trabecular Metal (TM) Reverse Shoulder Liner Impactors are being recalled due to reports of alignment peg fractures. All lots of TM Reverse Shoulder Liner Impactors manufactured from 455 stainless steel are being retrieved, as all reported fractured instruments were manufactured with this material. The TM Reverse Shoulder Liner Impactor units that were manufactured with 13-8 stainle
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- Zimmmer sent an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter dated July 18, 2012, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and thea action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to inspect all TM Reverse instrument sets for affected lot(s)(instruments. If affected product was found customers were instructed to immediately place an order to backfill the identified product with Customer Service. If an instrument was was further distributed customers were to provide a copy of the Notice to ensure their customers were aware of the removal. Customers were also instructed to provide a list of all hospitals that currently use the affected product. For questions customers were instructed to call 800-348-2759. For questions regarding this recall call 574-371-1689.
- Quantity
- 75 (51 in USA)
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and internationally to Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Part 00-4309-029-00: Lot 60444332, 60537066, 60549565, 60605852, 60612792, 60633381, 60708954, 60743404, 60773946, 60870480, 60915146, 60979391, and 61004027.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K060704"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KWA
- Firm FEI
- 1000220733
- Firm city
- Warsaw
- Firm state
- IN
- Firm country
- not on file
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- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
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- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
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