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Event 82209

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 24, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
TriMed 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

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TriMed Hex Cortical Screw 4.0, 40 mm, REF HEX4.0-40, non-Sterile, RX, a component of the TriMed Ankle Fixation System. The HEX4.0 40 bone screw is a component of the TriMed Ankle Fixation System. The HEX4.0-40 Screw is a single piece machined cortical bone screw. The HEX4.0-40 screw is employed in combination with a TriMed Ankle Bone Plate such as a Sidewinder Plate, Ankle Hook Plate, Cluster, Semi-Tubular Plate, or the Locking Plate. Use of these implants is not a substitute for normal tissue healing. The TriMed Ankle Bone Plates and Screws are designed to provide additional constraint of movement of a fractured bone and are intended only as an aid to fix the fracture in place during the healing process.

Z-1214-2019
Recall number
Z-1214-2019
Initiated
August 24, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
TriMed Inc.
Quantity
13 screws

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The bone screw is shorter than the intended design specification.

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Reason for recall

The bone screw is shorter than the intended design specification.

Code information

Lot #170281, UDI (01)00842188107108(11)170406(10)170281

Distribution pattern

US Distribution to states of FL and MO.