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Zimmer Gmbh: V-TEK TWIST D 40X90MM 30MM Cann 12MM Rnd; The twist drill is used to drill holes into bones/tissues for foot, ankle and hand implant systems.
- Recall number
- Z-2324-2016
- Recalling firm
- Zimmer Gmbh
- Product
- V-TEK TWIST D 40X90MM 30MM Cann 12MM Rnd; The twist drill is used to drill holes into bones/tissues for foot, ankle and hand implant systems.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2016-06-27
- Posted
- 2016-08-02
- Terminated
- 2017-05-30
- Reason
- Zimmer Biomet initiated a voluntary recall of the Twist Drill & V-Tek Twist Drill due to to a potential tolerance stack up identified between the twist drill and the mating Kirschner Wire (K-Wire) component.
- Root cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Action
- Zimmer GmbH initiated a voluntary recall of the Normed - TWIST DRILL Cannulated & Normed- V-TEK TWIST DRILL Cannulated, with written notices on June 27, 2016 via certified mail due to a potential tolerance stack up identified between the twist drill and the mating Kirschner Wire (K-Wire) component. Customers are asked to do the following: Review the notification and ensure affected personnel are aware of the contents. 2. Locate all affected product identified above and quarantine them immediately. 3. Return any affected product within your possession. Clearly mark the outside of all return packages, Recall, and include a copy of the Inventory Return Certification form (Attachment 1) with your return shipment(s). 4. If after reviewing this notification you have further questions or concerns please call the customer call center at 1-800-348-2759 between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm EST. Adverse reactions or quality problems experienced with the use of this product may be reported to the FDA's MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program either online, by regular mail or by fax. " Online:www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm " Regular Mail: use postage-paid, pre-addressed Form FDA 3500 available at: www.fda.gov/MedWatch/getforms.htm. Mail to address on the pre-addressed form. " Fax: 1-800-FDA-0178 Affected units returned as part of this recall activity will be scrapped
- Quantity
- 169
- Distribution
- Domestic: CO, IL Foreign: Argentina, Costa Rica, India, Malta, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Australia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Ecuador, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Canada, Mexico, South Korea , Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Malaysia, New Zealand, Switzerland, El Salvador, England, Norway, Finland, Venezuela, Taiwan, Italy, Colombia, Greece, Thailand, France, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Germany, Korea, Lebanon, Belgium, Hong Kong, Philippines, Iran, Brazil, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Uruguay
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Part No.: 502015640; Lot Numbers:27374, 104547/188A9
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LXH
- Firm FEI
- 3005233524
- Firm city
- Winterthur
- Firm state
- not on file
- Firm country
- Switzerland
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
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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