Aequalis Ascend Flex Humeral Stem
Medical device recall Z-0405-2020. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 20, 2019.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 20, 2019. 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
- 87869 units 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?
During shipping, it is possible for the Aequalis Ascend Flex humeral stem to become unseated or otherwise move within its internal packaging restraints. Movement within the packaging may cause the product to rub against the PETG blister shipping container causing the transfer of PETG material from the blister container to the stem.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Aequalis Ascend Flex Humeral Stem: Part Number UDI DWF601A 3700386944475 DWF601B 3700386944482 DWF601C 3700386944499 DWF602A 3700386944505 DWF602B 3700386944512 DWF602C 3700386944529 DWF603A 3700386944536 DWF603B 3700386944543 DWF603C 3700386944550 DWF604A 3700386944567 DWF604B 3700386944574 DWF605A 3700386944598 DWF605B 3700386944604 DWF605C 3700386944611 DWF606A 3700386944628 DWF606B 3700386944635 DWF606C 3700386944642 DWF607A 3700386944659 DWF607B 3700386944666 DWF607C 3700386944673 DWF608A 3700386944680 DWF608B 3700386944697 DWF608C 3700386944703 DWF609A 3700386944710 DWF609B 3700386944727 DWF609C 3700386944734 DWF611A 3700386944741 DWF611B 3700386944758 DWF611C 3700386944765 DWF612A 3700386944772 DWF612B 3700386944789 DWF612C 3700386944796 DWF613A 3700386944802 DWF613B 3700386944819 DWF613C 3700386944826 DWF614A 3700386944833 DWF614B 3700386944840 DWF614C 3700386944857 DWF615A 3700386944864 DWF615B 3700386944871 DWF615C 3700386944888 DWF616A 3700386944895 DWF616B 3700386944901 DWF616C 3700386944918 DWF617A 3700386944925 DWF617B 3700386944932 DWF617C 3700386944949 DWF618A 3700386944956 DWF618B 3700386944963 DWF618C 3700386944970 DWF619A 3700386944987 DWF619B 3700386944994 DWF619C 3700386945007 DWF702A 3700386945045 DWF702B 3700386945052 DWF702C 3700386945069 DWF703A 3700386945076 DWF703B 3700386945083 DWF703C 3700386945090 DWF704A 3700386945106 DWF704B 3700386945113 DWF704C 3700386945120 DWF705A 3700386945137 DWF705B 3700386945144 DWF705C 3700386945151 DWF706A 3700386945168 DWF706B 3700386945175 DWF706C 3700386945182 DWF707A 3700386945199 DWF707B 3700386945205 DWF707C 3700386945212 DWF708A 3700386945229 DWF708B 3700386945236 DWF708C 3700386945243 DWF709A 3700386945250 DWF709B 3700386945267 DWF709C 3700386945274 DWF712A 3700386945311 DWF712B 3700386945328 DWF712C 3700386945335 DWF713A 3700386945342 DWF713B 3700386945359 DWF713C 3700386945366 DWF714A 3700386945373 DWF714B 3700386945380 DWF714C 3700386945397 DWF715A 3700386945403 DWF715B 3700386945410 DWF715C 3700386945427 DWF716A 3700386945434 DWF716B 3700386945441 DWF716C 3700386945458 DWF717A 3700386945465 DWF717B 3700386945472 DWF717C 3700386945489 DWF718A 3700386945496 DWF718B 3700386945502 DWF718C 3700386945519 DWF719A 3700386945526 DWF719B 3700386945533 DWF719C 3700386945540 Product Usage: The AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX Convertible Shoulder System is intended for use as: A replacement of shoulder joints in primary anatomic or primary reverse. A replacement of other shoulder joint devices in case of revisions, if sufficient bone stock remains. The AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX Convertible Shoulder System also allows for conversions from anatomic to reverse shoulder prosthesis in case of revision.
87869 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
All Lot/Serial Numbers
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.
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.
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 Oct 18, 2019.
- FDA classified it on Nov 14, 2019.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Nov 20, 2019.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 9, 2021.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Tornier, Inc, of Bloomington, MN.
- 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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