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Event 65591

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
July 11, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class I
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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device · product 1 of 1

LPS Lower Extremity Dovetail Intercalary component. Intended for use in replacement of the mid-shaft portion of the femur.

Z-1820-2013
Recall number
Z-1820-2013
Initiated
July 11, 2013
Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
Quantity
58 U.S. / 39 OUS

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The LPS Lower Extremity Dovetail Intercalary component has the potential for fracture of the female component when exposed to certain physiological loads.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

The LPS Lower Extremity Dovetail Intercalary component has the potential for fracture of the female component when exposed to certain physiological loads.

Code information

CATALOG NO. : Part Number: 1987-19-055 and lot numbers:130896, 132131, 132133, 209461, 209466, 219843, 232972, 295965, 310189, 336843, 349283, 352878, 374125, 379089, A1TAR1, A2AGN1, A2AGS1, A2AGT1, A2AGV1, B2VAL1, B43G11, B43G1A, B43G1B, B43G1C, B43G1D, B69HV1, B69HVA, BK1BB1, BW7DX1, BW7DX1A, E3SJD1, and EN4KJ1. In certain documentation, these alphanumeric lot numbers may appear with three zeros at the end (e.g. A1TAR1 may appear as A1TAR1000).

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution-USA including the states of FL, GA, ID, KS, KY, MI, MO, NC, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VA, and WA and the countries of AUSTRALIA, CANADA, ENGLAND, GERMANY, INDIA, COUNTY CORK, IRELAND, and TURKEY.