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Event 81528

2 recalled-product records grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
October 10, 2018
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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2 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 2

Orthopedic Salvage System (OSS) Porous Stem, Item No. 150394

Z-0590-2019
Recall number
Z-0590-2019
Initiated
October 10, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Quantity
3 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Zimmer Biomet is conducting a lot specific medical device recall for two lots of the Orthopedic Salvage System (OSS) and the Comprehensive Shoulder System. The investigation determined that the Mini Humeral Stem is potentially labeled as the Bowed IM Stem lot. The associated risk of this product issue is a potential extension of surgery <30 minutes if a replacement is readily available.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

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Reason for recall

Zimmer Biomet is conducting a lot specific medical device recall for two lots of the Orthopedic Salvage System (OSS) and the Comprehensive Shoulder System. The investigation determined that the Mini Humeral Stem is potentially labeled as the Bowed IM Stem lot. The associated risk of this product issue is a potential extension of surgery <30 minutes if a replacement is readily available.

Code information

068390

Distribution pattern

Distributed to accounts in IN, MD, MO, MS, and NM.

device · product 2 of 2

Comprehensive Mini Stem, Item No. 113631:

Z-0591-2019
Recall number
Z-0591-2019
Initiated
October 10, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Quantity
3 total

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Zimmer Biomet is conducting a lot specific medical device recall for two lots of the Orthopedic Salvage System (OSS) and the Comprehensive Shoulder System. The investigation determined that the Mini Humeral Stem is potentially labeled as the Bowed IM Stem lot. The associated risk of this product issue is a potential extension of surgery <30 minutes if a replacement is readily available.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

Compare all device evidence states

Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Zimmer Biomet is conducting a lot specific medical device recall for two lots of the Orthopedic Salvage System (OSS) and the Comprehensive Shoulder System. The investigation determined that the Mini Humeral Stem is potentially labeled as the Bowed IM Stem lot. The associated risk of this product issue is a potential extension of surgery <30 minutes if a replacement is readily available.

Code information

568150

Distribution pattern

Distributed to accounts in IN, MD, MO, MS, and NM.