Recall Z-1029-2014— Zimmer, Inc.

Name: FDA recall Z-1029-2014
Creator: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Published: 2013-10-11

Class II · Terminated

Class II FDA medical device recall by Zimmer, Inc., initiated 2013-10-11, terminated 2017-04-14. It names 4 FDA 510(k) clearances: K963109, K955473, K950312 and 1 more. Product: 12/14 UNIPOLAR FEMORAL HE VERSYS CEM LD/FX SZ 11X12 VERSYS CEM LD/FX SZ 12X12 VERSYS CEM LD/FX SZ 14X13 VERSYS CEM LD/FX SZ 16X14 VERSYS CEM LD/FX ST 18X15 VERSYS PRESS FIT LD/FX ST VERSYS PRESS FIT LD/FX SZ VERSYS ADVOCATE CEMENTED VERSYS ADVOCATE V-LIGN CE VERSYS CEMENTED FEM STEM VERSYS CT FEM STEM 11X120 VERSYS CT FEM STEM 12X125 VERSYS CT FEM STEM 13X130 VERSYS CT FEM STEM 14X135 VERSYS CT FEM STEM 15X140 VERSYS CT FEM STEM 16X145 VERSYS CT FEM STEM 17X150 VERSYS CEM/REV/CALCAR 13X VERSYS CEM/REV/CALCAR 15X VERSYS CEM/REV/CALCAR 17X VERSYS CEM/REV/CALCAR 19X. Reason: Zimmer recently conducted a review of all historic packaging validations at its Zimmer Manufacturing B.V. (ZMBV) facility in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Based on this review, it was determined that the packaging operations conducted in the Building 1 packaging operation at this facility were not properly validated. As a result, Zimmer conducted seal integrity testing to evaluate if previously packaged product from this facility met the established requirements for sterile barrier integrity. The acceptance criteria established for this testing was 99% reliability with a 90% confidence interval. These packaging tray configurations met the acceptance criteria for sterile barrier integrity of both the inner and outer trays, however, Zimmer has decided to recall all manufacturing lots that have not expired and that were sterile packaged in the ZMBV facility Building 1 packaging operations..

Recalling firm: Zimmer, Inc.
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2013-10-11
Terminated: 2017-04-14
Firm location: Warsaw, IN, United States

510(k) clearances named in this recall

4 on FDA's record

K963109 — HERITAGE HIP SYSTEMZimmer, Inc.·cleared 1997-01-09
K955473 — GAMMA SYSTEMZimmer, Inc.·cleared 1996-02-16
K950312 — ALPHA SYSTEMZimmer, Inc.·cleared 1995-05-17
K913649 — MODULAR CALCAR REPLACEMENTZimmer, Inc.·cleared 1991-11-13

K-numbers as listed on FDA's Recall Enterprise System record for this event (openFDA device/recall k_numbers). The recall may also cover devices cleared under other submissions not named here.

Product description

12/14 UNIPOLAR FEMORAL HE VERSYS CEM LD/FX SZ 11X12 VERSYS CEM LD/FX SZ 12X12 VERSYS CEM LD/FX SZ 14X13 VERSYS CEM LD/FX SZ 16X14 VERSYS CEM LD/FX ST 18X15 VERSYS PRESS FIT LD/FX ST VERSYS PRESS FIT LD/FX SZ VERSYS ADVOCATE CEMENTED VERSYS ADVOCATE V-LIGN CE VERSYS CEMENTED FEM STEM VERSYS CT FEM STEM 11X120 VERSYS CT FEM STEM 12X125 VERSYS CT FEM STEM 13X130 VERSYS CT FEM STEM 14X135 VERSYS CT FEM STEM 15X140 VERSYS CT FEM STEM 16X145 VERSYS CT FEM STEM 17X150 VERSYS CEM/REV/CALCAR 13X VERSYS CEM/REV/CALCAR 15X VERSYS CEM/REV/CALCAR 17X VERSYS CEM/REV/CALCAR 19X

Reason for recall

Zimmer recently conducted a review of all historic packaging validations at its Zimmer Manufacturing B.V. (ZMBV) facility in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Based on this review, it was determined that the packaging operations conducted in the Building 1 packaging operation at this facility were not properly validated. As a result, Zimmer conducted seal integrity testing to evaluate if previously packaged product from this facility met the established requirements for sterile barrier integrity. The acceptance criteria established for this testing was 99% reliability with a 90% confidence interval. These packaging tray configurations met the acceptance criteria for sterile barrier integrity of both the inner and outer trays, however, Zimmer has decided to recall all manufacturing lots that have not expired and that were sterile packaged in the ZMBV facility Building 1 packaging operations.

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