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Event 70523

1 recalled-product record grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
January 28, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Zimmer, 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

Persona Trabecular Metal Tibial Plate / Persona TM Tibia-Prosthesis, Knee, Patello/Femorotibial, Semi-Constrained, Uncemented, Porous, Coated, Polymer/Metal/Polymer For use in either posterior cruciate retaining or sacrificing surgical procedures.

Z-1266-2015
Recall number
Z-1266-2015
Initiated
January 28, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Zimmer, Inc.
Quantity
11,658

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
An increase in complaints of loosening and radiolucent lines.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

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Reason for recall

An increase in complaints of loosening and radiolucent lines.

Code information

All lots and sizes; Sizes C-J Left and Right.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution -- US, including the states of AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI; Foreign:Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Arab Emirates. DOD/VA: HOSPITAL- VA MAINE HLTCR SYTM (402) VA MROC (402) ATTN: PROSTHETICS DEPT TOGUS ME 04330 207-672-9425 HOSPITAL VA MED CTR (438) 2501 W 22 SIOUX FALLS, SD 57105 605-336-8922 HOSPITAL VA MED CTR (509)1 FREEDOM WAY AUGUSTA , GA 30904 706-721-6892 HOSPITAL VA MED CTR (521) 700 S 19TH ST, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35233 378-962-1599 HOSPITAL VA MED CTR (523) 1400 VFW PARKWAY, WEST ROXBURY, MA 02132 617-862-5977 HOSPITAL VA MED CTR (528) 3495 BAILEY AVENUE BUFFALO, NY 14215 716-898-6922 HOSPITAL VA MED CTR (552) 4100 WEST 3RD STREET BLDG # 330 RECEIVING, DAYTON, OH 45428 937-226-5987 HOSPITAL VA MED CTR (583), 1481 WEST 10TH STREET INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46202 317-267-8765 HOSPITAL VA MED CTR (595) 1700 SOUTH LINCOLN AVENUE, LEBANON, PA 17042 717-272-6621 HOSPITAL VA MED CTR (657) 915 N GRAND BLVD, ST LOUIS, MO 63106 314-652-4100 HOSPITAL VA MED CTR (664) 350 LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR SAN DIEGO, CA 92161 858-552-8585 HOSPITAL VA MED CTR (693) 1111 EAST END BOULEVARD, WILKES BARRE, PA 18711 717-824-3521 HOSPITAL VA SNHCS (654/118) 975 KIRMAN AVENUE RENO NV 89502 702-597-1699