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Event 71531

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
October 02, 2014
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

Natural Knee II Revision Femoral Stem, 125mm, item 6215-12-185. packaged in configuration 803/791. Knee Prosthesis component.

Z-1948-2015
Recall number
Z-1948-2015
Initiated
October 02, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Zimmer, Inc.
Quantity
352

App-derived interpretation

Sterility assurance reason.sterility_assurance · v1.0.0
sterile barrier integrity due to a breach

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Failed to meet established requirements for sterile barrier integrity due to a breach of the inner cavity. If the outer tray is compromised in addition to the inner tray a periprosthetic infection may occur. The risk associated with a periprosthetic infection is a revision or potential multi-stage revision to treat the infection.

Code information

item 6215-12-185 Lots: 7884165 7884736 7884737 7884738 7890330 11011448 11012660 60394169 60415420 60515793 60564530 60601129 60614014 60797044 60803056 60841848 60922655 60922656 60927853 60989112 61017152 61104192 61135872 61200531 61284571 61366919 61464308 61505310 61533025 61566733 61742151 61780361 61784264 61834192 61834778 61840307 61930376 61947884 61947885 62097910 62146925 62195165 62249431 62281270 62305675 62317987 62358643 62448678 62536901 62536902 62536903 62546527 62560372 62587577 62610989 62624715 62624716 62624717 62624718 62709664 62709665 62709667 62709670

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide Distribution, including DC and the states of AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WY.