FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Zimmer GmbH: Sidus Stem-Free Shoulder Humeral Head 50-18 Item number: 01.04555.500 orthopedic implant - Product Usage: The Sidus Stem-Free Shoulder is designed for long-term implantation into the human shoulder joint as a total shoulder arthroplasty in combination with Zimmer or Biomet s glenoid components, or as a hemi shoulder arthroplasty.
- Recall number
- Z-2762-2019
- Recalling firm
- Zimmer GmbH
- Product
- Sidus Stem-Free Shoulder Humeral Head 50-18 Item number: 01.04555.500 orthopedic implant - Product Usage: The Sidus Stem-Free Shoulder is designed for long-term implantation into the human shoulder joint as a total shoulder arthroplasty in combination with Zimmer or Biomet s glenoid components, or as a hemi shoulder arthroplasty.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2019-08-21
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2020-07-20
- Reason
- Incorrect labeling on the products package. The label on the package shows size 50-18 whereas the implant inside the packaging size 40-14.
- Root cause
- Labeling mix-ups
- Action
- Firm sent letter 8/21/2019 1. Review this notification and ensure that affected personnel are aware of the contents. 2. If you have affected product at your facility, quarantine the product and notify the sales representative 3. Complete Certificate of Acknowledgement and send to CorporateQuality.PostMarket@zimmerbiomet.com. This form will be returned even if you do not have affected products at your facility. 4. Retain a copy of the acknowledgement form with your recall records. 5. If you have further questions or concerns after reviewing this notice, please call customer service at 574-371-3071 between 8:00 am and 5:00pm EST, Monday through Friday. Calls received outside of call center operating hours will receive a voicemail prompt or be transferred to an on-call representative in the event of an emergency. Alternatively, your questions may be emailed to CorporateQuality.PostMarket@zimmerbiomet.com
- Quantity
- 19 unit worldwide
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution - iUS Nationwide distribution including states of AL, CO, KS, NJ, NY, OH, and OK, and countries of Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot # 2941696 UDI: (01) 00889024415973 (17) 280299 (10) 2941696
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K171858"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- PKC
- 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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