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Event 75246

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 29, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

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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device · product 1 of 1

LFIT Anatomic V40 Femoral Head, Low Friction Ion Treatment, Sterile, 36 mm, REF 6260-9-236; Modular components designed to be locked onto a femoral hip stem trunnion during surgery for total hip replacement.

Z-0378-2017
Recall number
Z-0378-2017
Initiated
August 29, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
42,519 units (total Catalog numbers)

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Stryker received several complaints describing incidence of harm secondary to taper lock failure for specific lots of numerous catalog numbers of LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 Femoral Heads.

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

Stryker received several complaints describing incidence of harm secondary to taper lock failure for specific lots of numerous catalog numbers of LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 Femoral Heads.

Code information

Catalog #6260-9-236 - Head Diameter 36 mm, Offset +5, including all lots manufactured from 1/102 - 7/1/10; Catalog #6260-9-240 - Head Diameter 40 mm, Offset +4, including all lots manufactured from 1/1/06 - 3/4/11; Catalog #6260-9-244 - Head Diameter 44 mm, Offset +4, including all lots manufactured from 1/1/06 - 3/4/11; Catalog #6260-9-340 - Head Diameter 40 mm, Offset +8, including all lots manufactured from 1/1/06 - 3/4/11; Catalog #6260-9-440 - Head Diameter 40 mm, Offset +12, including all lots manufactured from 1/1/06 - 3/4/11; Catalog #6260-9-344 - Head Diameter 44 mm, Offset +8, including all lots manufactured from 1/1/07 - 3/4/11 and Catalog #6260-9-444 - Head Diameter 44 mm, Offset +12, including all lots manufactured from 1/1/06 - 3/4/11.

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide and Internationally