Skip to content
Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Device product

Delta Cup Beater  Positioner - Aligner, model # 9057.20.555 Used during implantation of the Delta Acetabular System

Z-0068-2018

September 08, 2017

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Limacorporate S.p.A
Event
Event 78109
Status
Completed
Classification
Class II
Quantity
20 units in (US)
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0068-2018

Official wording

Reason: An internal analysis on complaints received indicated that the welding process may have been performed sub optimally in the 12 lot # involved , leading to reduced mechanical strength of the device and possible breakage during impaction when the instrument is subjected to repeated multi-axial stresses.

Code information: Lot # 15AG0HJ, 15AG0HQ, 15AG0UY, 15AG00P, 15AG040, 15AG08Y, 14AG243, 15AG00Q, 15AG0UZ, 15AG0V0, 15AG0HN, 16AG02J

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - US Distribution and to the countries of : Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, UK and Germany

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    An internal analysis on complaints received indicated that the welding process may have been performed sub optimally in the 12 lot # involved , leading to reduced mechanical strength of the device and possible breakage during impaction when the instrument is subjected to repeated multi-axial stresses.