Exact FDA event identifier

Event 72714

2 recalled-product records grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

Event summary

Timeline bucket: November 24, 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.

How coverage and grouping work

Complete imported group

Every recalled product in this event

2 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 2

Persona EM Proximal Tube, orthopedic manual surgical instrument for use with Persona Knee Prosthesis, item 42-5399-001-00, part of the Persona Tibial Resection System.

Z-0410-2016

Recall number: Z-0410-2016
Initiated: November 24, 2015
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Recalling firm: Zimmer, Inc.
Quantity: 156

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

Complaints that the ratchet teeth of the tube are not latching onto the rod.

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

Complaints that the ratchet teeth of the tube are not latching onto the rod.

Code information

Proximal Tube Item Number 42-5399-001-00, Lots: 2137111, 62156913, 62222598.

Distribution pattern

Distributed in the states of AZ, CA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, and WA, and the country of Germany.

device · product 2 of 2

Persona EM Distal Rod, orthopedic manual surgical instrument for use with Persona Knee Prosthesis, item 42-5399-002-00, part of the Persona Tibial Resection System.

Z-0411-2016

Recall number: Z-0411-2016
Initiated: November 24, 2015
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Recalling firm: Zimmer, Inc.
Quantity: 156

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

Complaints that the ratchet teeth of the tube are not latching onto the rod.

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.

Compare all device evidence states

Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Complaints that the ratchet teeth of the tube are not latching onto the rod.

Code information

Distal Rod Item Number 42-5399-002-00 Lots: 62137112, 62156914, 62222599.

Distribution pattern

Distributed in the states of AZ, CA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, and WA, and the country of Germany.