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Event 74800

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
July 26, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Encore Medical, Lp

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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Cobalt HV Bone Cement Product Usage: Cobalt HV Bone Cement provides two separate, pre-measured and sterilized components which when mixed form a radiopaque, rapidly setting bone cement.

Z-2606-2016
Recall number
Z-2606-2016
Initiated
July 26, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Encore Medical, Lp
Quantity
866 units

App-derived interpretation

Labeling or packaging reason.labeling_packaging · v1.0.0
mislabeled

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Labeling mix-ups

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Reason for recall

The outer packaging was mislabeled on the box indicating "Cobalt HV with Gentamicin". The bone cement does not contain antibiotics.

Code information

Lot 507970

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide Distribution