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BIOMET 3i, PROVIDE PROTECTION CAP, Catalog # PPC484, PPC485, PPC654, and PPC655 BIOMET 3i Restorative Products are intended for use as an accessory to endosseous dental implants for placement in the maxilla and mandible. Provisional Abutments are intended for use as an accessory to endosseous dental implants to support a prosthetic device in a partially or fully edentulous patient. They are intended for use to support a prosthesis in the mandible or maxilla for up to 180 days during endosseous and gingival healing, and are for non-occlusal loading of provisional restorations.

Z-0591-2016

September 21, 2015

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Biomet 3i, LLC
Event
Event 72446
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
30,111 devices
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0591-2016

Official wording

Reason: Inadequate biocompatibility testing.

Code information: Model Number: PPC484, Lot Numbers: 970773, 977566, 987984, 1003033, 1038519, 1038520, 1045556, 1046268, 1054540, 1059416, 1059512, 1065495, 1065497, 1071762, 1071763, 1073161, 1073163, 1108328, 1128077, 1139601, 1141281, 1141282, 1150838, 1153463, 1165800, 1167709, 1171489, 1172858, 1173629, 1179005, 1183068, 1184510. Model Number: PPC485, Lot Numbers: 1071764, 1071765, 1118826, 1143159, 1171487, 1178795, 1179690. Model Number PPC654, Lot Numbers: 977565, 987983, 1004138, 1009002, 1032456, 1033485, 1034852, 1035364, 1053562, 1053563, 1053564, 1053860, 1054512, 1065507, 1069998, 1069999, 1071165 , 1071167, 1088473, 1088475, 1104109, 1104110, 1121837, 1128074, 1128623, 1150839, 1153465, 1161360, 1165775, 1168905, 1168906, 1171488, 1173628, 1175898, 1177389, 1177390, 1181586, 1181587, 1184511, 1185509, 1185511. Model Number PPC655, Lot Numbers: 1032473, 1057790, 1086562, 1088470, 1166995, 1176293.

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Canada, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Dominican Republic, Spain, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, India, Korea, Kuwait, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Taiwan, Venezuela, and South Africa.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Inadequate biocompatibility testing.