Zimmer Trabecular Metal Total Ankle Talar Component Left Sizes 1-6 Total ankle arthroplasty is intended to…
Medical device recall Z-0475-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Dec 18, 2013.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Dec 18, 2013. 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
- 269 units (US) 110 units (outside US) 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?
As part of routine manufacturing process monitoring by Zimmer, it was discovered that the Tibial Base and Talar Components from the Total Ankle system have the potential of containing elevated levels of manufacturing materials residue on the implants. The specific material was found to be mass media utilized during the manufacturing process to provide the uniform surface finish. This mass media
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Which ones are recalled?
Zimmer Trabecular Metal Total Ankle Talar Component Left Sizes 1-6 Total ankle arthroplasty is intended to provide a patient with limited mobility by restoring alignment, reducing pain and preserving the flexion/extension movement within the ankle joint.The Zimmer Trabecular Metal Total Ankle is indicated as a total ankle replacement in primary or revision surgery for patients with: “ Rheumatoid arthritis. “ Post-traumatic arthritis. “ Degenerative arthritis. This device is intended for cemented use only.
269 units (US) 110 units (outside US), in FDA’s words.
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Codes to check against yours
Part Number Lot Number 00450001100 62072174 00450001100 62248802 00450001100 62264833 00450001100 62267033 00450001100 62279041 00450001100 62279043 00450001100 62331803 00450001100 62331808 00450001100 62337755 00450001100 62343558…
Every code shown here, 1,997 characters
Part Number Lot Number 00450001100 62072174 00450001100 62248802 00450001100 62264833 00450001100 62267033 00450001100 62279041 00450001100 62279043 00450001100 62331803 00450001100 62331808 00450001100 62337755 00450001100 62343558 00450001100 62357496 00450001100 62357497 00450001100 62397412 00450001100 62397413 00450001100 62430803 00450001200 11007903 00450001200 11008443 00450001200 62168362 00450001200 62239775 00450001200 62239789 00450001200 62267626 00450001200 62267627 00450001200 62279044 00450001200 62279050 00450001600 62168363 00450001600 62239794 00450001600 62264836 00450001600 62264837 00450001600 62267631 00450001600 62290823 00450001600 62290824 00450001600 62297847 00450001600 62297848 00450001600 62310752 00450001600 62316170 00450001600 62323809 00450001600 62331810 00450001600 62337757 00450001600 62349862 00450001600 62357499 00450001600 62372416 00450001600 62405309 00450001600 62419534 00450001200 62285546 00450001200 62290833 00450001200 62290835 00450001200 62372414 00450001200 62375863 00450001200 62397414 00450001200 62405304 00450001200 62416035 00450001200 62419530 00450001200 62430804 00450001300 62160227 00450001300 62163379 00450001300 62215393 00450001300 62264834 00450001300 62267628 00450001300 62267629 00450001300 62279045 00450001300 62279051 00450001300 62285548 00450001300 62290836 00450001300 62299551 00450001300 62331811 00450001300 62337756 00450001300 62349856 00450001300 62349857 00450001300 62368383 00450001300 62375865 00450001300 62375868 00450001300 62378060 00450001300 62397415 00450001300 62397416 00450001300 62409032 00450001300 62409033 00450001300 62416036 00450001300 62419532 00450001300 62430805 00450001400 11007904 00450001400 11008529 00450001400 62163382 00450001400 62208153 00450001400 62239776 00450001400 62239786 00450001400 62264835 00450001400 62279052 00450001400 62290829 00450001400 62299552 00450001400 62305739 00450001400 62310750 00450001400 62316168 00450001400 62316169 00450001400 62343549…
FDA’s list runs to 3,720 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
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.
Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and Internationally to Australia, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, and Italy.
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 Nov 12, 2013.
- FDA classified it on Dec 10, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Dec 18, 2013.
- FDA terminated it on Oct 15, 2014.
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Who is recalling it?
- Zimmer, Inc., of Warsaw, IN.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: E-Mail.
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.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 3,720 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- 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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