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Knee Products: US154709 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, B8 US154722 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Left Medial/Right Lateral, D5 US154725 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, D6 US154705 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, B6 US154707 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, B7 US154713 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, C5 US154719 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, C8 US154720 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Left Medial/Right Lateral, D4 US154721 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, D4 US154723 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, D5 US154725 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, D6 US154727 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, D7 US154727 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, D7 US154731 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, E4 US154735 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, E6 US154745 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, A6 US154745 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, A6 US154746 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Left Medial/Right Lateral, A7 US154711 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, C4 US154734 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Left Medial/Right Lateral, E6 US154730 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Left Medial/Right Lateral, E4 US154711 Knees Vanguard M Partial Knee System MonoBlock Tibial Tray, Right Medial/Left Lateral, C4 Product Usage: Knee prosthesis

FDA Recall Z-2155-2020 · Posted None

Recalling FirmBiomet, Inc.
Recall StatusTerminated
Product CodeHRY
Date Initiated2020-04-17
Date Terminated2021-06-25
Product Quantity105 units

Reason for Recall

Potential presence of elevated endotoxin levels that exceed the specification limit

Firm Action

Zimmer Biomet issued Urgent Medical Device recall letter dated April 17, 2002 to distributors with direct sales and/or field inventory via email and traceable letter sent via FedEx. Hospitals with direct sales or current inventory, as well as hospitals that have consumed products will be notified via FedEx. Surgeons that have consumed products will be notified via FedEx. Action to take: 1. Review this notification and ensure that affected team members are aware of the contents. 2. Immediately locate and quarantine affected product in your inventory. 3. Immediately return all affected product from your distributorship and from affected hospitals within your territory. a. Complete Attachment 1 Inventory Return Certification Form and send to [email protected] within three (3) days. This form must be returned even if you do not have affected products available to return in your territory. b. For international returns, request an IRA by emailing [email protected] c. For each return, send a copy of Attachment 1 to [email protected]. CF04107 Rev. 4, Eff. Date: 16 Jul 2019 Ref. CP04102 Field Action Activities d. Include a hardcopy of Attachment 1 in each carton of your return shipment for immediate processing. e. Mark RECALL on the outside of the returned cartons. 4. Return the Additional Accounts form to [email protected]. a. Review the list of hospitals and/or surgeons included with the email notification sent to your facility, which includes a list of hospitals and/or surgeons that have already been notified of this recall. b. Identify whether there are any additional hospitals and/or surgeons that Zimmer Biomet has not notified and list these accounts on the Additional Accounts form. Please provide the form in Excel format. c. If there are no additional accounts or surgeons to notify, please indicate that there are no additional accounts, or i

Root Cause

Process control

Distribution Pattern

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Canada, AHMADABAD, GUJARAT, BANGKOK, BELROSE NSW, BUENOS AIRES, CHILE, COSTA RICA, HIRATSUKA CITY, HUECHURABA SANTIAGO, INDIA, JAPAN, MEXICO DF, NETHERLANDS, PICHINCHA, EC, SAN JOSE, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, THAILAND, YONGSAN-GU SEOUL.

Related FDA 510(k) Records

Devices referenced by this recall via K-numbers.

K042093VANGUARD M SERIES UNICONDYLAR TIBIAL BEARINGSBiomet, Inc. · 2004-11-01

Official Source

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Source: FDA Enforcement Report / Recall database. Always confirm against the official FDA record.

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