Zimmer Manufacturing B.V.: Medical Device Recall in 2016 - (Recall #: Z-1138-2016)

Updated on March 25, 2026.

See the recall detail below. You can also see other recalls from the same firm in 2016.

Data Source: FDA.

Product Description:

Product 40 consists of all product under product code: HSB and same usage: Item no: 225706565 ITST ANTI-ROTATION SCREW 225707065 ITST ANTI-ROTATION SCREW 225708065 ITST ANTI-ROTATION SCREW 225708565 ITST ANTI-ROTATION SCREW 225709065 ITST ANTI-ROTATION SCREW Product Usage: An intramedullary fixation rod is a device intended to be implanted that consists of a rod made of alloys such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum and stainless steel. It is inserted into the medullary (bone marrow) canal of long bones for the fixation of fractures.

Product Classification:

Class II

Date Initiated: January 11, 2016

Date Posted: March 23, 2016

Recall Number: Z-1138-2016

Event ID: 72900

Reason for Recall:

As a result of the insufficient sealer calibration data for product packaged in firm's Building II between August 2010 and April 2013. The affected products are sterile.

Status: Terminated

Product Quantity: 7

Code Information:

lot no.: 62208147 62208146 62208148 62042715 62042716

Distribution Pattern:

US Nationwide Distribution

Voluntary or Mandated:

Voluntary: Firm initiated