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Device product

Product 8 consists of all products under product code HWC, and same usage: Item no: 47483501201 3.5MM CORT. SCREW 12MM LN 47483501401 3.5MM CORT. SCREW 14MM LN 47483501601 3.5MM CORT. SCREW 16MM LN 47483501801 3.5MM CORT. SCREW 18MM LN 47483503601 3.5MM CORT. SCREW 36MM LN 47483507501 3.5MM CORT. SCREW 75MM LN Product Usage: A smooth or threaded metallic bone fixation fastener is a device intended to be implanted that consists of a stiff wire segment or rod made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum and stainless steel, and that may be smooth on the outside, fully or partially threaded, straight or U-shaped; and may be either blunt pointed, sharp pointed, or have a formed, slotted head on the end. It may be used for fixation of bone fractures, for bone reconstructions, as a guide pin for insertion of other implants, or it may be implanted through the skin so that a pulling force (traction) may be applied to the skeletal system.

Z-1106-2016

January 11, 2016

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Zimmer Manufacturing B.V.
Event
Event 72900
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
99
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1106-2016

Official wording

Reason: As a result of the insufficient sealer calibration data for product packaged in firm's Building II between August 2010 and April 2013. The affected products are sterile.

Code information: lot no: 61894346 61892658 61892659 61894347 61888124 61614768 62036752 62036753 62036754

Distribution pattern: US Nationwide Distribution

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    As a result of the insufficient sealer calibration data for product packaged in firm's Building II between August 2010 and April 2013. The affected products are sterile.