FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Zimmer Surgical Inc: 18inch Dual Port/Single Bladder Disposable Tourniquet Cuff, Zimmer Surgical, Inc. Tourniquets are intended to be used by qualified medical professionals to exert enough pressure on the arterial blood flow in a limb to produce a bloodless operating field. Single bladder tourniquet cuffs are generally used for operations lasting less than 90 minutes.
- Recall number
- Z-2348-2015
- Recalling firm
- Zimmer Surgical Inc
- Product
- 18inch Dual Port/Single Bladder Disposable Tourniquet Cuff, Zimmer Surgical, Inc. Tourniquets are intended to be used by qualified medical professionals to exert enough pressure on the arterial blood flow in a limb to produce a bloodless operating field. Single bladder tourniquet cuffs are generally used for operations lasting less than 90 minutes.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2015-06-24
- Posted
- 2015-08-06
- Terminated
- 2016-11-04
- Reason
- The inside of the folded Instructions For Use (IFU) pamphlet was missing the usage instructions and warnings.
- Root cause
- Labeling False and Misleading
- Action
- Zimmer sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter dated June 30, 2015, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to review the notification, identify the affected product and replace the IFU with the enclosed corrected IFU. Customers were also instructed to complete the attached Response Form and return it via email to CorporateQuality.PostMarket@zimmer.com. Customers with questions were instructed to call 330-364-0989.
- Quantity
- 61 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - US including AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV & WY and Internationally to Canada.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Item 60707000300, Lot Z000002044
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KCY
- 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
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