Zimmer Biomet, Inc.: Affixus Hip Fracture Nail 130 11 mm x 180 mm, Item Number: 814511180

Recall number

Z-3120-2018

Recalling firm

Zimmer Biomet, Inc.

Product

Affixus Hip Fracture Nail 130 11 mm x 180 mm, Item Number: 814511180

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2018-07-17

Posted

2018-09-13

Terminated

2020-06-02

Reason

The set screw is not able to advance or reverse from the original position in the nail.

Root cause

Under Investigation by firm

Action

On 7/17/18, Urgent Medical Device Recall letters were sent to Risk Managers and Distributors. The letters instructed customers to do the following: Risk Manager Responsibilities: 1. Review this notification and ensure that affected personnel are aware of the contents. 2. If you have affected product at your facility, assist your Zimmer Biomet sales representative and quarantine all affected product. Your Zimmer Biomet sales representative will remove the affected product from your facility. 3. Complete Attachment 1 Certificate of Acknowledgement and send to CorporateQuality.PostMarket@zimmerbiomet.com. This form must 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 in the event of a compliance audit of your facilitys documentation. 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. Distributor Responsibilities: 1. Review this notification and ensure that affected team members are aware of the contents. 2. Immediately locate and quarantine affected product in your inventory. 3. Immediately return all affected product from your distributorship and from affected hospitals within your territory. a. Complete Attachment 1 Inventory Return Certification Form and send to CorporateQuality.PostMarket@zimmerbiomet.com within three (3) days. b. Request a Return Authorization Number through Fast SMS or by emailing rgarequest@zimmerbiomet.com c. For each return, send a copy of Attachment 1 to CorporateQuality.PostMarket@zimmerbiomet.com. d. Include a hardcopy of Attachment 1 in each carton of

Quantity

5947 total

Distribution

The products were distributed to the following US states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY, and Puerto Rico. The products were distributed to the following foreign countries: Chile, Ecuador, Japan, Netherlands.

Lot, serial or model codes

072620 130760 130770 130780 130790 130800 130810 130820 130840 130850 130860 130900 130920 131030 156770 157000 188340 219800 219810 219820 219910 245570 245690 287090 287120 287130 371170 456160 519490 530110 530120 530130 558980 565870 565880 601390 707920 768050 772730 854270 901300 901330 901350 901360 901370 901380 901400 901410 944660 944720 970790 970810 970820 970830 970840 970850 970860 970870 970880 970890 130930 130940 156970 503980 503990 504000 504010

510(k) numbers

["K100238"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

HSB

Firm FEI

1825034

Firm city

Warsaw

Firm state

IN

Firm country

not on file

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

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