Class 2 Device Recall FIBULA COMPOSITE LOCKING PLATE

• Date Initiated by Firm: February 14, 2022
• Create Date: March 18, 2022
• Recall Status: Terminated on September 30, 2024
• Recall Number: Z-0811-2022
• Recall Event ID: 89701
• 510(K)Number: K111663
• Product Classification: Staple, fixation, bone - Product Code JDR
• Product: BIOMET TRAUMA A.L.P.S. FIBULA COMPOSITE LOCKING PLATE 8 HOLE, Item # 856204008. Devices are packaged in a vacuum sealed nylon pouch, which is placed in a carton with the appropriate IFU and patient record labels. Identifying labels on the pouch and the carton.
• Code Information: Lot # 913430, UDI:(01)00887868445897(17)310616(10)913430
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Biomet, Inc.; 56 E Bell Dr; Warsaw IN 46582-6989
• For Additional Information Contact: 411 Technical Services; 574-371-3071
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: Packaging of various implants may not have sufficient adhesion on all sides, leading to loss of sterile barrier integrity. Use of product poses risk of infection, leading to surgical intervention, and/or extension of surgery to find another part.
• FDA Determined Cause: Under Investigation by firm
• Action: A recall notification was sent via courier 24 Feb 2022 to distributors, surgeons, and hospital risk managers. Customers advised to locate and quarantine product, return to Biomet and identify any further customers receiving product. Recalled product is identified using specific lot and item numbers. Additionally, surgeons and hospital risk managers are to follow any specified patient monitoring instructions and return the Certificate of Acknowledgement to Zimmer Biomet. If you have further questions or concerns, please call customer service at 574-371-3071 or send questions via email to CorporateQuality.PostMarket@zimmerbiomet.com
• Quantity in Commerce: 12
• Distribution: Worldwide: US (28 States AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MS, NC, NE, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, SC, TX, UT, WA, WY), Australia, Japan, and Netherlands
• 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.

• 510(K) Database: 510(K)s with Product Code = JDR