Skip to the content

FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)

Zimmer Surgical Inc: Zimmer Air Dermatome II Width Plate, 2 inch. Part # 885120200. Width plate is packaged inside of a padded-foam corrugate box. A product label is applied to the lid of the box. The width plates, when sold individually, are placed in a labeled poly zipper bag, which is then placed into a corrugated shipper carton or padded envelope. The Zimmer Air Dermatome II is a skin grafting instrument that is intended to provide variable graft thickness and width capabilities.

Recall number
Z-2337-2016
Recalling firm
Zimmer Surgical Inc
Product
Zimmer Air Dermatome II Width Plate, 2 inch. Part # 885120200. Width plate is packaged inside of a padded-foam corrugate box. A product label is applied to the lid of the box. The width plates, when sold individually, are placed in a labeled poly zipper bag, which is then placed into a corrugated shipper carton or padded envelope. The Zimmer Air Dermatome II is a skin grafting instrument that is intended to provide variable graft thickness and width capabilities.
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2016-07-04
Posted
2016-08-04
Terminated
2017-06-21
Reason
The surface coating applied to the device is blistering, peeling and discoloring after usage over time
Root cause
Process design
Action
The firm, Zimmer Biomet Surgical, sent an "URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL CORRECTION NOTICE" dated 7/6/2016 to its customers. The notice described the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to do the following: 1. Carefully review this letter and ensure all users of the Zimmer Air Dermatome II at your facility have been informed of this notice. 2. Inspect the Zimmer Air Dermatome II devices within your facility and indicate on the attached Certificate of Acknowledgment the condition of the device. Complete and sign the attached Certificate of Acknowledgment and return it to corporatequality.postmarket@zimmerbiomet.com. 3. Before each use, continue to examine the surface coating for blistering/peeling. If the blistering/peeling characteristics are not present, you may continue to use. Immediately after each use, re-examine the surface coating for blistering/peeling. If the blistering/peeling characteristics are present, discontinue use. In the event that alternate devices or therapies are not available, surgeons may, at their discretion, determine the use of the device as a medical necessity and continue to use. After use, follow your facilitys wound irrigation protocol or Zimmer Biomet recommends copious irrigation with a normal saline solution or immersion of the graft in a bowl of normal saline. Zimmer Biomet recommends irrigating the donor site with saline as well. Carefully examine the skin graft and donor site for gray coating flakes and continue to irrigate as necessary. Report this as an adverse event to Zimmer Biomet Surgical at SurgicalRegulatoryReporting@zimmerbiomet.com. If after reviewing this notification you have further questions or concerns please call 1-330-364-0989 between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm EST, Monday through Friday.
Quantity
90 units
Distribution
US Nationwide Distribution including states of: AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, and WI.
Lot, serial or model codes
Lot # 61999885, Serial # N/A Lot # 62267472, Serial # N/A Lot # 62339198, Serial # N/A Lot # 62629006, Serial # N/A
510(k) numbers
not on file
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
GFD
Firm FEI
1526350
Firm city
Dover
Firm state
OH
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
Source file retained · verify
Refresh due
2026-10-06

Unless otherwise noted, the content, data, documentation, code, and related materials on openFDA is public domain and made available with a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal dedication.

Cite as

FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28

Search this register