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Event 77648

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
October 11, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Zimmer Biomet, 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

ROSA Brain, 3.0.0 The device is intended for the spatial positioning and orientation of instrument holders or tool guides to be used by neurosurgeons to guide standard neurosurgical instruments (biopsy needle, stimulation or recording electrode, endoscope). The device is indicated for any neurosurgical procedure in which the use of stereotactic surgery may be appropriate.

Z-2868-2017
Recall number
Z-2868-2017
Initiated
October 11, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Quantity
20 units (16 US, 4 OUS)

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Complaint of the head holder connector locking up mechanically when tightened.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Complaint of the head holder connector locking up mechanically when tightened.

Code information

Device Listing No. D264591, Serial No. BR16004, BR16005, BR16006, BR16009, BR16010, BR16011, BR16012, BR16013, BR16014, BR16015, BR16016, BR16017, BR16018, BR16021, BR16023, BR16024.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US including CA, FL, MA, MN, NC, NY, OH, PA, DC; Foreign - Australia, and France