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Event 87975

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 07, 2021
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
DePuy Orthopaedics, 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

DePuy Synthes Articul/eze Femoral Head: Hip joint metal/polymer semi-constrained cemented prosthesis. Part Number: 1365-21-000, Part Description: ARTICUL/EZE BALL 32 +1 GR

Z-1845-2021
Recall number
Z-1845-2021
Initiated
May 07, 2021
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
Quantity
50 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Fifty (50) individual units from Lot D20111130 were distributed with the incorrect part number and size etched on the product.

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

Fifty (50) individual units from Lot D20111130 were distributed with the incorrect part number and size etched on the product.

Code information

Lot: D20111130 GTIN: 10603295033172

Distribution pattern

Domestic: CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IN, LA, ME, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, WI. Foreign: Bermuda