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Class 2 Device Recall Zimmer Air Dermatome II handpiece

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  Class 2 Device Recall Zimmer Air Dermatome II handpiece see related information
Date Initiated by Firm July 04, 2016
Date Posted August 04, 2016
Recall Status1 Terminated 3 on June 21, 2017
Recall Number Z-2334-2016
Recall Event ID 74636
Product Classification Dermatome - Product Code GFD
Product Zimmer¿ Air Dermatome II Handpiece, item number 00-8851-001-00.

The Zimmer Air Dermatome II handpiece and width plates are packaged inside of a padded-foam corrugate box. An operating manual is packed with the handpiece between the top foam pad and box lid. A product label is applied to the lid of the box. The width plates, when sold individually, are placed in a labeled poly zipper bag, which is then placed into a corrugated shipper carton or padded envelope.

The Zimmer Air Dermatome II is a skin grafting instrument that is intended to provide variable graft thickness and width capabilities.
Code Information Lot # 61977101, Serial # 500001  500019 Lot # 61980678, Serial # 500021  500040 Lot # 61989398, Serial # 500081  500090 Lot # 62008619, Serial # 500091  500110 Lot # 62083340, Serial # 500151  500170 Lot # 62096333, Serial # 500171  500190 Lot # 62122378, Serial # 500191  500210 Lot # 62191658, Serial # 500211  500230 Lot # 62191665, Serial # 500231  500250 Lot # 62220857, Serial # 500251  500270 Lot # 62220882, Serial # 500291  500310 Lot # 62244236, Serial # 500331  500350 Lot # 62266024, Serial # 500351  500371 Lot # 62267510, Serial # 500372  500391 Lot # 62267596, Serial # 500452  500471 Lot # 62289834, Serial # 500412  500431 Lot # 62309628, Serial # 500472  500491 Lot # 62309698, Serial # 500512  500531 Lot # 62369392, Serial # 500532  500551 Lot # 62374685, Serial # 500552  500571 Lot # 62374721, Serial # 500592  500611 Lot # 62393971, Serial # 500632  500651 Lot # 62394012, Serial # 500652  500671 Lot # 62454338, Serial # 500692  500711 Lot # 62476761, Serial # 500712  500731 Lot # 62494048, Serial # 500732  500751 Lot # 62494086, Serial # 500752  500771 Lot # 62525837, Serial # 500772  500791 Lot # 62554526, Serial # 500792  500811 Lot # 62578715, Serial # 500812  500831 Lot # 62578759, Serial # 500832  500851 Lot # 62635778, Serial # 500852  500871 
Recalling Firm/
Manufacturer		 Zimmer Surgical Inc
200 W Ohio Ave
Dover OH 44622-9642
For Additional Information Contact
330-343-8801
Manufacturer Reason
for Recall		 The surface coating applied to the device is blistering, peeling and discoloring after usage over time
FDA Determined
Cause 2		 Process design
Action The firm, Zimmer Biomet Surgical, sent an "URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL CORRECTION NOTICE" dated 7/6/2016 to its customers. The notice described the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to do the following: 1. Carefully review this letter and ensure all users of the Zimmer Air Dermatome II at your facility have been informed of this notice. 2. Inspect the Zimmer Air Dermatome II devices within your facility and indicate on the attached Certificate of Acknowledgment the condition of the device. Complete and sign the attached Certificate of Acknowledgment and return it to corporatequality.postmarket@zimmerbiomet.com. 3. Before each use, continue to examine the surface coating for blistering/peeling. If the blistering/peeling characteristics are not present, you may continue to use. Immediately after each use, re-examine the surface coating for blistering/peeling. If the blistering/peeling characteristics are present, discontinue use. In the event that alternate devices or therapies are not available, surgeons may, at their discretion, determine the use of the device as a medical necessity and continue to use. After use, follow your facilitys wound irrigation protocol or Zimmer Biomet recommends copious irrigation with a normal saline solution or immersion of the graft in a bowl of normal saline. Zimmer Biomet recommends irrigating the donor site with saline as well. Carefully examine the skin graft and donor site for gray coating flakes and continue to irrigate as necessary. Report this as an adverse event to Zimmer Biomet Surgical at SurgicalRegulatoryReporting@zimmerbiomet.com. If after reviewing this notification you have further questions or concerns please call 1-330-364-0989 between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm EST, Monday through Friday.
Quantity in Commerce 630 units
Distribution US Nationwide Distribution including states of: AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, and WI.
Total Product Life Cycle TPLC Device Report
1 A record in this database is created when a firm initiates a correction or removal action. The record is updated if the FDA identifies a violation and classifies the action as a recall, and it is updated for a final time when the recall is terminated. Learn more about medical device recalls.
2 Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall.
3 For details about termination of a recall see Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 §7.55.
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