Class 2 Device Recall various polyethylene implants

• Date Initiated by Firm: February 17, 2017
• Date Posted: March 27, 2017
• Recall Status: Terminated on January 29, 2018
• Recall Number: Z-1863-2017
• Recall Event ID: 76507
• 510(K)Number: K971938 K980665
• Product Classification: Prosthesis, knee, femorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, metal/polymer - Product Code HRY
• Product: various polyethylene implants ; Sports Med; Repicci II Tibial Components; ; Product Usage:; Partial knee replacement
• Code Information: Items and lots: Item 102140 372580 Item 102152 361720 Item 102160 347140 Item 102168 129360 Item 102176 129370 Item 102178 866150
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Zimmer Biomet, Inc.; 56 E Bell Dr; Warsaw IN 46582-6989
• For Additional Information Contact: Customer Service; 800-348-2759
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: Endotoxin levels higher than process maximum limits were discovered in the identified polyethylene components.
• FDA Determined Cause: Process design
• Action: On February 17, 2017 URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL (REMOVAL) - LOT SPECIFIC notifications were sent to the affected consignees via courier. The recall notification included a description of the reason for the recall, affected product, consignee responsibilities, and instructions for responding to the formal recall notification. Distributors, Sales Representatives, and Distributor Operation Managers Your Responsibilities: 1. Review this notification and ensure affected team members are aware of the contents. 2. Immediately locate and quarantine affected product in your inventory. 3. Complete the Certification of Acknowledgement portion of Attachment 1  Inventory Return Certification Form a. Return a digital copy to corporatequality.postmarket@zimmerbiomet.com within three (3) days. 4. Return all affected product from your distributorship and affected hospitals within your territory along with a completed Attachment 1  Inventory Return Certification Form to Zimmer Biomet within 2 weeks. a. Request a Return Authorization Number via email to rgarequest@zimmerbiomet.com or through FAST/SMS. Specify RECALL as the RGA type. b. For each return, send a copy of Attachment 1 to corporatequality.postmarket@zimmerbiomet.com. c. Include a hardcopy of Attachment 1 with your shipment for immediate processing. d. Clearly mark RECALL on the outside of return boxes. 5. Hospitals that received direct shipments of the affected products from Zimmer Biomet will be sent a copy of the Risk Manager Recall Notice directly. Surgeons will also be notified. It is important that you review the list of hospitals and surgeons included with the email notification sent to your facility to identify additional accounts Zimmer Biomet has not notified. Using the Additional Accounts Form provided with the email notice, return contact information for any additional hospitals and surgeons that may have received or used the affected product. If there are no additional
• Quantity in Commerce: 28,253 in total
• Distribution: Worldwide - US Nationwide in the ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA CANADA CHILE CHINA COSTA RICA ECUADOR GSCC INDIA ITALY JAPAN KOREA, THE REP OF (SOUTH) MALAYSIA MEXICO PANAMA Singapore SWITZERLAND THAILAND UK
• Total Product Life Cycle: TPLC Device Report

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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) Database: 510(K)s with Product Code = HRY and Original Applicant = BIOMET, INC.