AIM Tibial Nails intramedullary fixation rod - NON-STERILE
Medical device recall Z-1197-2018. 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 - NON-STERILE; Item numbers: 810508255 NAIL TIB DYN 08 X 25.5 810508270 NAIL TIB DYN 08 X 27.0 810508285 NAIL TIB DYN 08 X 28.5 810508300 NAIL TIB DYN 08 X 30.0 810508315 NAIL TIB DYN 08 X 31.5 810508330 NAIL TIB DYN 08 X 33.0 810508345 NAIL TIB DYN 08 X 34.5 810508360 NAIL TIB DYN 08 X 36.0 810508375 NAIL TIB DYN 08 X 37.5 810508390 NAIL TIB DYN 08 X 39.0 810508405 NAIL TIB DYN 08 X 40.5 810508420 NAIL TIB DYN 08 X 42.0 810509255 NAIL TIB DYN 09 X 25.5 810509270 NAIL TIB DYN 09 X 27.0 810509285 NAIL TIB DYN 09 X 28.5 810509300 NAIL TIB DYN 09 X 30.0 810509315 NAIL TIB DYN 09 X 31.5 810509330 NAIL TIB DYN 09 X 33.0 810509345 NAIL TIB DYN 09 X 34.5 810509360 NAIL TIB DYN 09 X 36.0 810509375 NAIL TIB DYN 09 X 37.5 810509390 NAIL TIB DYN 09 X 39.0 810509405 NAIL TIB DYN 09 X 40.5 810509420 NAIL TIB DYN 09 X 42.0 810510255 NAIL TIB DYN 10 X 25.5 810510270 NAIL TIB DYN 10 X 27.0 810510285 NAIL TIB DYN 10 X 28.5 810510300 NAIL TIB DYN 10 X 30.0 810510315 NAIL TIB DYN 10 X 31.5 810510330 NAIL TIB DYN 10 X 33.0 810510345 NAIL TIB DYN 10 X 34.5 810510360 NAIL TIB DYN 10 X 36.0 810510375 NAIL TIB DYN 10 X 37.5 810510390 NAIL TIB DYN 10 X 39.0 810510405 NAIL TIB DYN 10 X 40.5 810510420 NAIL TIB DYN 10 X 42.0 810511255 NAIL TIB DYN 11 X 25.5 810511270 NAIL TIB DYN 11 X 27.0 810511285 NAIL TIB DYN 11 X 28.5 810511300 NAIL TIB DYN 11 X 30.0 810511315 NAIL TIB DYN 11 X 31.5 810511330 NAIL TIB DYN 11 X 33.0 810511345 NAIL TIB DYN 11 X 34.5 810511360 NAIL TIB DYN 11 X 36.0 810511375 NAIL TIB DYN 11 X 37.5 810511390 NAIL TIB DYN 11 X 39.0 810511405 NAIL TIB DYN 11 X 40.5 810511420 NAIL TIB DYN 11 X 42.0 810512270 NAIL TIB DYN 12 X 27.0 810512285 NAIL TIB DYN 12 X 28.5 810512300 NAIL TIB DYN 12 X 30.0 810512315 NAIL TIB DYN 12 X 31.5 810512330 NAIL TIB DYN 12 X 33.0 810512345 NAIL TIB DYN 12 X 34.5 810512360 NAIL TIB DYN 12 X 36.0 810512375 NAIL TIB DYN 12 X 37.5 810512390 NAIL TIB DYN 12 X 39.0 810512405 NAIL TIB DYN 12 X 40.5 810512420 NAIL TIB DYN 12 X 42.0 810513255 NAIL TIB DYN 13 X 25.5 810513285 NAIL TIB DYN 13MM X 28.5CM 810513300 NAIL TIB DYN 13MMX30.0 CM 810513315 NAIL TIB DYN 13MM X 31.5 CM 810513330 NAIL TIB DYN 13 X 33.0 810513345 NAIL TIB DYN 13MM X 34.5 CM 810513360 NAIL TIB DYN 13 X 36.0 MM 810513375 NAIL TIB DYN 13MM X 37.5 CM 810513390 NAIL TIB DYN 13MMX39.0CM 810513405 NAIL TIB DYN 13MM X 40.5 CM 810513420 NAIL TIB DYN 13MM X 42 CM Product Usage: A metal rod which, when inserted into the intramedullary canal of the tibia, acts to immobilize by holding the ends of a fractured bone in position to promote healing. This device is non-sterile and must be sterilized prior to use. It is a single-use device.
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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