Zimmer Biomet Comprehensive Segmental Revision System (SRS)
Medical device recall Z-1173-2018. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 4, 2018.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 4, 2018. 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
- 634 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 assembly, an SRS Humeral Distal Body implant failed to engage correctly at the point of reduction with a Discovery Elbow System Humeral Condyle. A mismatch between the screw holes in the Humeral Body & Elbow Condyle affects assembly during surgery. If the product has already been implanted, no action is required. The mismatch is estimated to prevent screw engagement in less than 1% of cases.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Zimmer Biomet Comprehensive Segmental Revision System (SRS). Orthopedic implants for Proximal Humeral Reconstruction, Distal Humeral Reconstruction, and Total Humeral Reconstruction
634, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Model numbers: 211250 211251 211252 211253 211254 211255 Lot codes: 095580 119120 130020 142530 155910 162450 162460 241160 257860 304290 305860 309730 337610 389790 400730 419380 430570 443670 545430 546260 548290 550390 586120 606830…
Every code shown here, 1,597 characters
Model numbers: 211250 211251 211252 211253 211254 211255 Lot codes: 095580 119120 130020 142530 155910 162450 162460 241160 257860 304290 305860 309730 337610 389790 400730 419380 430570 443670 545430 546260 548290 550390 586120 606830 611540 636370 636470 688540 704020 714760 793670 806070 829520 829530 881230 950270 970920 019600 110780 130040 157180 185620 203520 241180 278580 330870 364380 424550 430580 457210 544340 583360 636520 706690 714810 810260 853250 881330 883830 891880 923660 923680 991400 033700 053800 062210 110790 160770 185630 241190 247810 257870 347080 583370 611530 636680 638640 674650 688550 775020 829540 848530 889330 950310 976390 988380 991410 028450 028460 053810 062220 098020 155900 160780 231490 241230 251120 251920 257880 281140 330880 347100 367850 400390 450780 493220 494170 527200 546290 548460 548470 548580 586130 611520 636710 665880 704030 761210 829550 853260 889810 914750 923670 923690 925920 927420 937130 991320 062830 119130 130070 185590 196660 201270 241290 247280 247290 257890 338480 347110 350590 366310 554450 636760 648150 704040 714830 750840 767880 793710 829560 878430 927430 948090 952960 970930 976410 040470 192770 241300 258540 288580 293740 320100 340150 347700 364660 419900 442840 462480 462490 569770 611040 611930 688560 770690 780490 815100 818160 829690 867530 891270 923980 924160 927440 201270 848530 976410 033700 350590 554450 ***Lots added 3/31/2020*** Item Number 211253 - Lot Number 434480 - UDI (1)00880304850330(17)280423(10)434480 Item Number 211251 - Lot Number 434470 - UDI (1)00880304850316(17)280507(10)434470
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.
Distribution US Nationwide
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 Feb 28, 2018.
- FDA classified it on Mar 23, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Apr 4, 2018.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 11, 2020.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Biomet, Inc., of Warsaw, IN.
- 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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