AIM Tibial Nails intramedullary fixation rod - STERILE
Medical device recall Z-1196-2018. 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.
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?
The AIM Tibial Nails failed a clinical analysis where the surgical revision rate exceeded the acceptance criteria in the Device Performance Review protocol for the implant system.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
AIM Tibial Nails intramedullary fixation rod - STERILE; Item numbers: 800508255 NAIL TIB DYN 08X25.5 - STERILE 800508270 NAIL TIB DYN 08X27.0 - STERILE 800508285 NAIL TIB DYN 08X28.5 - STERILE 800508300 NAIL TIB DYN 08X30.0 - STERILE 800508315 NAIL TIB DYN 08X31.5 - STERILE 800508330 NAIL TIB DYN 08X33.0 - STERILE 800508345 NAIL TIB DYN 08X34.5 - STERILE 800508360 NAIL TIB DYN 08X36.0 - STERILE 800508375 NAIL TIB DYN 08X37.5 - STERILE 800508390 NAIL TIB DYN 08X39.0 - STERILE 800508405 NAIL TIB DYN 08X40.5 - STERILE 800508420 NAIL TIB DYN 08X42.0 - STERILE 800509255 NAIL TIB DYN 09X25.5 - STERILE 800509270 NAIL TIB DYN 09X27.0 - STERILE 800509285 NAIL TIB DYN 09X28.5 - STERILE 800509300 NAIL TIB DYN 09X30.0 - STERILE 800509315 NAIL TIB DYN 09X31.5 - STERILE 800509330 NAIL TIB DYN 09X33.0 - STERILE 800509345 NAIL TIB DYN 09X34.5 - STERILE 800509360 NAIL TIB DYN 09X36.0 - STERILE 800509375 NAIL TIB DYN 09X37.5 - STERILE 800509390 NAIL TIB DYN 09X39.0 - STERILE 800509405 NAIL TIB DYN 09X40.5 - STERILE 800509420 NAIL TIB DYN 09X42.0 - STERILE 800510255 NAIL TIB DYN 10X25.5 - STERILE 800510270 NAIL TIB DYN 10X27.0 - STERILE 800510285 NAIL TIB DYN 10X28.5 - STERILE 800510300 NAIL TIB DYN 10X30.0 - STERILE 800510315 NAIL TIB DYN 10X31.5 - STERILE 800510330 NAIL TIB DYN 10X33.0 - STERILE 800510345 NAIL TIB DYN 10X34.5 - STERILE 800510360 NAIL TIB DYN 10X36.0 - STERILE 800510375 NAIL TIB DYN 10X37.5 - STERILE 800510390 NAIL TIB DYN 10X39.0 - STERILE 800510405 NAIL TIB DYN 10X40.5 - STERILE 800510420 NAIL TIB DYN 10X42.0 - STERILE 800511270 NAIL TIB DYN 11X27.0 - STERILE 800511285 NAIL TIB DYN 11X28.5 - STERILE 800511300 NAIL TIB DYN 11X30.0 - STERILE 800511330 NAIL TIB DYN 11X33.0 - STERILE 800511345 NAIL TIB DYN 11X34.5 - STERILE 800511360 NAIL TIB DYN 11X36.0 - STERILE 800511375 NAIL TIB DYN 11X37.5 - STERILE 800511390 NAIL TIB DYN 11X39.0 - STERILE 800511405 NAIL TIB DYN 11X40.5 - STERILE 800511420 NAIL TIB DYN 11X42.0 - STERILE 800512270 NAIL TIB DYN 12X27.0 - STERILE 800512285 NAIL TIB DYN 12X28.5 - STERILE 800512300 NAIL TIB DYN 12X30.0 - STERILE 800512315 NAIL TIB DYN 12X31.5 - STERILE 800512330 NAIL TIB DYN 12X33.0 - STERILE 800512345 NAIL TIB DYN 12X34.5 - STERILE 800512360 NAIL TIB DYN 12X36.0 - STERILE 800512375 NAIL TIB DYN 12X37.5 - STERILE 800512390 NAIL TIB DYN 12X39.0 - STERILE 800512405 NAIL TIB DYN 12X40.5 - STERILE 800512420 NAIL TIB DYN 12X42.0 - STERILE 800513285 NAIL TIB DYN 13X28.5 - STERILE 800513300 NAIL TIB DYN 13X30.0 - STERILE 800513315 NAIL TIB DYN 13X31.5 - STERILE 800513330 NAIL TIB DYN 13X33.0 - STERILE 800513345 NAIL TIB DYN 13X34.5 - STERILE 800513360 NAIL TIB DYN 13X36.0 - STERILE 800513375 NAIL TIB DYN 13X37.5 - STERILE 800513390 NAIL TIB DYN 13X39.0 - STERILE 800513405 NAIL TIB DYN 13X40.5 - STERILE 800513420 NAIL TIB DYN 13X42.0 - STERILE Product Usage: A rod, when inserted into the intramedullary canal of the tibia, acts as an immobilization device to hold ends of a fractured bone in position.
How much: “Not known”, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
All lots
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 and US of Indiana and country of the Republic of Korea.
The states and territories these words name
- Indiana
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 6, 2018.
- FDA classified it on Mar 26, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Apr 4, 2018.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 2, 2019.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Zimmer Biomet, 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.”
- 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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