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Device product

Zimmer M/DN¿ Intramedullary Fixation Humeral Guide Wire - Bullet Tip, 2.4 mm Diameter, 70 cm Length Item Number: 00-2255-026-00 Product Usage: A single use surgical instrument used during orthopaedic surgery for implantation of a prosthesis.

Z-0532-2019

October 22, 2018

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
Event
Event 81394
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
780
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0532-2019

Official wording

Reason: Various Trauma Guide Wires- creases in the sealing area on the end opposite of the product's chevron opening compromising product sterility

Code information: All lots expiring prior to September 30, 2023

Distribution pattern: Worldwide - US Nationwide Distribution Foreign: CANADA AUSTRALIA BRAZIL CHILE HONG KONG JAPAN MALAYSIA NETHERLANDS NICARAGUA SINGAPORE TAIWAN

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Various Trauma Guide Wires- creases in the sealing area on the end opposite of the product's chevron opening compromising product sterility