Inserter for Titanium Elastic Nails (TEN), orthopedic device
Medical device recall Z-0125-2016. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 21, 2015.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 21, 2015. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 1550 how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
potential for mechanical failures such as breakage.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Inserter for Titanium Elastic Nails (TEN), orthopedic device
1550, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Part Number 359.219 lot numbers: 1095607 3301017 4826021 5422955 5718485 8006578 8017872 1121876 3325276 4911859 5455364 5718486 8007139 8018319 1641700 3382583 4911860 5455365 5718487 8007472 8114862 1806500 3410330 4969014 5485078…
Every code shown here, 1,280 characters
Part Number 359.219 lot numbers: 1095607 3301017 4826021 5422955 5718485 8006578 8017872 1121876 3325276 4911859 5455364 5718486 8007139 8018319 1641700 3382583 4911860 5455365 5718487 8007472 8114862 1806500 3410330 4969014 5485078 7505411 8008046 8214803 1811056 3430483 4971314 5492810 7565990 8008261 8326267 1811059 3493588 5042001 5496455 7601112 8009205 8424513 1813900 3504996 5066417 5507788 7619995 8009363 8476286 1904339 3524633 5066418 5525235 7670741 8009859 8541845 3005674 3619119 5090224 5545372 7675623 8012109 8608192 3005675 3626055 5090226 5555604 7727696 8012353 8608193 3009312 3659645 5106335 5569028 7774491 8012925 8768253 3020674 3706611 5123586 5611445 7810649 8013244 8973607 3025607 3797835 5123587 5611446 7845943 8014078 9275702 3051190 4321659 5162204 5611447 7874224 8014645 A8LA901 3054608 4340451 5162205 5641429 7896075 8015605 A8MA648 3065013 4389269 5162206 5641430 7979727 8015831 A8MB744 3069566 4466686 5162760 5657073 8000136 8016063 A8NA025 3084637 4470900 5181760 5657075 8002518 8016128 A8NA430 3098634 4537554 5181761 5670474 8002635 8016423 3121438 4594280 5227459 5670475 8004538 8016759 3232931 4594281 5236654 5700077 8005179 8017447 3242304 4796463 5258103 5700078 8006103 8017590 3262712 4825384 5420946 5700079 8006214 8017862
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
US (nationwide) distribution and one Internationally to Australia.
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Sep 3, 2015.
- FDA classified it on Oct 15, 2015.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Oct 21, 2015.
- FDA terminated it on Oct 4, 2016.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Synthes (USA) Products LLC, of West Chester, PA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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Recalls of food, medicines, medical devices, pet food and animal drugs are from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FDA does not endorse Hearth Record. openFDA: “Do not rely on openFDA to make decisions regarding medical care.” Copied on Oct 20, 2026.