Greatbatch Medical: Medical Device Recall in 2014 - (Recall #: Z-1119-2014)

Updated on March 25, 2026.

See the recall detail below. You can also see other recalls from the same firm in 2014.

Data Source: FDA.

Product Description:

Greatbatch Medical, Offset Cup Impactor. Part Numbers: P9485, T10243, T10281, T10287, T10484, T10491, T10507, T10600, T10604, T10753, T10861, T11209, T11340, T12121, T12230, T12288, T12305, T12391, T12699, T12767, T12861, T13344, T13480, T13642, T13722, T13999, T14155, T14384, T15311, T15752, T15822, T15949, T16117, T16427, T16604, T16611, T16661, T16829, T16934, T17062, T17203, T17238, T17321, T6318, T7821, T8042, T8043, T8044, T8087, T8088, T8093, T8095, T8177, T8184, T8277, T8310, T8333, T8468, T8487, T9109, T9196, T9205, T9316, T9348, T9360, T9556, T9557, T9747, T9894, T9954, T9955, T9999. The Standard Offset Cup Impactor is a reusable instrument used during acetabular replacement surgery to implant an acetabular cup. The Standard Offset Cup Impactor is provided non-sterile and must be sterilized prior to use in a surgery. The Standard Offset Cup Impactor is used to implant cups during many minimally invasive surgical approaches to Total Hip Arthroplasty ( ri-IA). EXPANDED 3-28-2014: The following Part Numbers are also affected: P10270, P6427, P6464, P6501, P7611, P7640, P7794, P7927, P8233, P8590, T10006, T10261, T10606, T10835, T11095, T11506, T11622, T12081, T12083, T12124, T12125, T13435, T13527, T14174, T15262, T15515, T16418, T16551, T16552, T16553, T17272, T5709, T6744, T7751, T9195.

Product Classification:

Class I

Date Initiated: January 31, 2014

Date Posted: March 12, 2014

Recall Number: Z-1119-2014

Event ID: 67392

Reason for Recall:

Greatbatch Medical has initiated a global Field Corrective Action for the Standard Offset Cup Impactor since the product was first released in 2004. Greatbatch has identified through internal Sterility Assurance Level validation testing that a sterility assurance level of 10-6 is not achieved on the Standard Offset Cup Impactor when it is subjected to the steam sterilization cycles and associated dry times that are specified in the current Instructions For Use (IFU) provided with the device. The Standard Offset Cup Impactor is provided non-sterile and must be sterilized prior to use in a surgery. Greatbatch has not received any reports of deaths, illnesses, injuries, or other adverse effects associated with this issue.

Status: Terminated

Product Quantity: 4870 worldwide (2482 US), EXPANDED: 7245 devices

Code Information:

all lots

Distribution Pattern:

Worldwide Distribution - USA including CA, IN, KS, MA, NJ, TN,TX,UT and Internationally to Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom.

Voluntary or Mandated:

Voluntary: Firm initiated