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Class 2 Device Recall Vanguard Knee

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 Class 2 Device Recall Vanguard Kneesee related information
Date Initiated by FirmDecember 15, 2016
Create DateFebruary 16, 2017
Recall Status1 Terminated 3 on June 29, 2018
Recall NumberZ-1219-2017
Recall Event ID 76178
510(K)NumberK142933 
Product Classification Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer/metal/polymer - Product Code JWH
ProductVanguard Total Knee, PUNCH THRU TRL PLATES, 63 MM Item No: 32-487261, 67 MM Item No: 32-487262, 71 MM Item No: 32-487263, 75 MM Item No: 32-487264, and 79 MM Item No: 32-487265
Code Information Vanguard Total Knee, PUNCH THRU TRL PLATES, 63 MM Item No: 32-487261, 67 MM Item No: 32-487262, 71 MM Item No: 32-487263, 75 MM Item No: 32-487264, and 79 MM Item No: 32-487265; Lot No's: ZB160701, ZB160702, ZB160703, ZB160701, ZB160702, ZB160701, ZB160702, ZB160703, ZB160801, ZB160802, ZB160803, ZB160801, ZB160802 
Recalling Firm/
Manufacturer		 Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
56 E Bell Dr
Warsaw IN 46582-6989
For Additional Information ContactCustomer Service
800-348-2759
Manufacturer Reason
for Recall		Zimmer Biomet is conducting a medical device recall for ARCOS & TPRLC broaches and rasps due to potential alumina inclusions in the raw material batch used to produce the affected products. Inclusions contained within the finished product could lead to the cracking and separation of the instrument.
FDA Determined
Cause 2		Material/Component Contamination
ActionZimmer Biomet is conducting a medical device recall for ARCOS & TPRLC broaches and rasps due to potential alumina inclusions in the raw material batch used to produce the affected products. Inclusions contained within the finished product could lead to the cracking and separation of the instrument
Quantity in Commerce26
DistributionDomestic: 0 Foreign: Singapore & Malaysia
Total Product Life CycleTPLC 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.
510(K) Database510(K)s with Product Code = JWH
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