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Event 80609

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 10, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Zimmer Dental 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

Outer Package Label: Tapered Screw-Vent Implant System, 4.1mm X 10mm, 3.5mm, REF:TSVM4B10, Sterile:R, Rx Only; Inner Package Label: Implant, MTX, 3.7mm x 10mm,3.5mm, REF: TSVB10. Zimmer Dental Implants are designed for use in the maxilla or mandible for immediate loading or for loading after a conventional healing period. Implants may be used to replace one or more missing teeth. Immediate loading is indicated when there is good primary stability and an appropriate occlusal load.

Z-2963-2018
Recall number
Z-2963-2018
Initiated
May 10, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Zimmer Dental Inc
Quantity
299 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Dental implants have incorrect item/lot numbers and size on the inner package labeling. Correct item/lot numbers and size are on the outer package labeling.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

Dental implants have incorrect item/lot numbers and size on the inner package labeling. Correct item/lot numbers and size are on the outer package labeling.

Code information

Outer Package Label: LOT: 63781164, UDI: (01) 00889024019621 (10) 63781164 (17) 220930 (10) 63781164; Inner Package Label: LOT: 63773888, UDI: (01) 00889024019508 (17) 220930 (10)63773888.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) in states of: AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NH, NJ, NY, PA,TN, TX, UT, VA, and WA; and to countries of: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.