Skip to content
Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Exact FDA event identifier

Event 71492

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

Open FDA event record

Event summary

Timeline bucket
June 10, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Synthes (USA) Products LLC

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.

How coverage and grouping work

Complete imported group

Every recalled product in this event

1 official enforcement rows

Product dates, classifications, firms, and source wording remain attached to their individual rows. Opening this dossier never hides products that did not match a prior timeline filter.

device · product 1 of 1

Helical Blade Inserter for Trochanteric Fixation Nail-ADVANCED (TFNA); intended to secure the head element to the head element inserter to prevent disengagement during head element insertion. Manual orthopedic surgical instrument.

Z-2091-2015
Recall number
Z-2091-2015
Initiated
June 10, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
32

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The height of one of the three guiding pins of the Helical Blade Inserter for the TFNA is oversized. The Helical Blade Inserter is therefore unable to pass through the Blade/Screw Guide Sleeve (part 03.037.017).

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Process control

Compare all device evidence states

Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

The height of one of the three guiding pins of the Helical Blade Inserter for the TFNA is oversized. The Helical Blade Inserter is therefore unable to pass through the Blade/Screw Guide Sleeve (part 03.037.017).

Code information

Part Number Lot Numbers 03.037.024 T102759

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution.