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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 93486

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

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
November 02, 2023
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
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

Biolox Ceramic Option Head Zimmer 12/14 40mm -3, Item Number 00-8777-040-01

Z-0569-2024
Recall number
Z-0569-2024
Initiated
November 02, 2023
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
Biomet, Inc.
Quantity
10 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
One product complaint was received reporting that there was an incorrect adapter in the packaging. An adapter with neck length M/+0 was inside the product packaging, which should have contained an adapter with neck length S/-3.0. The difference in neck length may be recognized by the size (S or M) indicator on the device.

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

One product complaint was received reporting that there was an incorrect adapter in the packaging. An adapter with neck length M/+0 was inside the product packaging, which should have contained an adapter with neck length S/-3.0. The difference in neck length may be recognized by the size (S or M) indicator on the device.

Code information

UDI-DI: 00889024430556; Lot Number: 3145299

Distribution pattern

US States: AL, CA, MD, MI, NC, OH, OK, TN, TX. Netherlands.

device · product 2 of 2

Biolox Ceramic Option Head Zimmer 12/14 40mm +0, Item Number 00-8777-040-02

Z-0570-2024
Recall number
Z-0570-2024
Initiated
November 02, 2023
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
Biomet, Inc.
Quantity
10 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
One product complaint was received reporting that there was an incorrect adapter in the packaging. An adapter with neck length M/+0 was inside the product packaging, which should have contained an adapter with neck length S/-3.0. The difference in neck length may be recognized by the size (S or M) indicator on the device.

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

One product complaint was received reporting that there was an incorrect adapter in the packaging. An adapter with neck length M/+0 was inside the product packaging, which should have contained an adapter with neck length S/-3.0. The difference in neck length may be recognized by the size (S or M) indicator on the device.

Code information

UDI-DI: 00889024430563; Lot Number: 3145300

Distribution pattern

US States: AL, CA, MD, MI, NC, OH, OK, TN, TX. Netherlands.