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Event 72729

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 02, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Zimmer Manufacturing B.V.

Dossier provenance

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  • 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

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Label reading in part as: "NexGen System, Complete Knee Solution; Reference Number 5980-37-01; Tibial Component, Precoat, Stemmed Size 3; Lot Number:62460264. Indicated for patients with severe knee pain and disability and is intended for mating with a UHMWPE articular surface and Zimaloy Cobalt-Chromium-Molybdenum alloy femoral component to perform knee arthroplasty.

Z-0449-2016
Recall number
Z-0449-2016
Initiated
December 02, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Zimmer Manufacturing B.V.
Quantity
179

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Complaints were received from Thailand reporting that there was no white paper (Tyvek) seal on the inner package of P/N:00-5980-037-01 unit from lot #62460264

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Complaints were received from Thailand reporting that there was no white paper (Tyvek) seal on the inner package of P/N:00-5980-037-01 unit from lot #62460264

Code information

lot #62460264

Distribution pattern

US Distribution and the country of Thailand.