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Event 70993

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 18, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Zimmer Gmbh

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

Anatomical Shoulder Handle for Rasp Item: 01.04233.000 Used during total joint arthroplasty of the shoulder.

Z-1523-2015
Recall number
Z-1523-2015
Initiated
March 18, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Zimmer Gmbh
Quantity
30 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Complaints of difficulties to attach the Anatomical Shoulder Rasps (high resistance) or, once attached, due to difficulties to remove the handle (seizing up of the two components). This has the potential for delay in surgery.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Complaints of difficulties to attach the Anatomical Shoulder Rasps (high resistance) or, once attached, due to difficulties to remove the handle (seizing up of the two components). This has the potential for delay in surgery.

Code information

Lot Number(s): 13870129 & 13878179.

Distribution pattern

Distributed to the states of IN, GA, WI, MO, PA, KS, TN, and NY.