Triathlon Distal Capture Assembly
Medical device recall Z-1283-2015. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 25, 2015.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 25, 2015. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 1 state named
- 2030 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?
Potential for weld disassociation of the cross pin, which could lead to loose or disassociated trigger mechanism on the Distal Capture Assembly.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Triathlon Distal Capture Assembly Catalog No: 6541-1-723 The Triathlon Distal Capture Assembly is used when a surgeon elects to use a capture for the distal femoral resection or proximal tibial resection in a Triathlon primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
2030 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
ER5ND5 ER6EG4 ER5NE4 ER6EG5 ER5NE4M ER6EG5A ER6CG9 ER6KA1 ER6CG9A ER6KA2 ER6CH1 ER6KA3 ER6CH1A ER6KA3A ER6CH1D ER6KA3T ER6CH1M ER6KA4 ER6ED1 ER6KA5 ER6ED1A ER6KA6 ER6ED2 ER6KA7 ER6ED3 ER6KA7T ER6ED4 ER6KA8 ER6ED5 ER6KA8T ER6ED6 ER6KA9…
Every code shown here, 687 characters
ER5ND5 ER6EG4 ER5NE4 ER6EG5 ER5NE4M ER6EG5A ER6CG9 ER6KA1 ER6CG9A ER6KA2 ER6CH1 ER6KA3 ER6CH1A ER6KA3A ER6CH1D ER6KA3T ER6CH1M ER6KA4 ER6ED1 ER6KA5 ER6ED1A ER6KA6 ER6ED2 ER6KA7 ER6ED3 ER6KA7T ER6ED4 ER6KA8 ER6ED5 ER6KA8T ER6ED6 ER6KA9 ER6ED7 ER6KD1 ER6ED7E ER6KD2 ER6ED8 ER6KD3 ER6ED8J ER6KD4 ER6ED9 ER6KD5 ER6EE1Y ER6KD6 ER6EE2 ER6KD7 ER6EE6 ER6MA3 ER6EE6M ER6MA4 ER6EE7 ER6SA3 ER6EE7J ER6SA3J ER6EF2 ER6SA3X ER6EF3 ER6SA4 ER6EF3A ER7MA3 ER6EF4 ER7MA3D ER6EF4M ER7MA3M ER6EF5 ER7MA3T ER6EF6 ER7MA4 ER6EF6P ER7MA4A ER6EF8 ER7MA4E ER6EF9 ER7MA4T ER6EG2 ER8SK2 ER6EG3 ER8SK2M ER8SK2P ER8SK3 ER8SK3X ER8SK4 ER8SK4A ER8SK4T ER8WA6 ER8WA6P ER8WA6X ER8WA9 ER8WA9A ER8WA9P ER9CH0 ER9CH0A ER9EA7
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) Puerto Rico, and Internationally to Canada, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, France, Italy, UK, India, Australia, Korea, Panama, Polan, Ireland, Kuala Lumpar, New Zealand and South Africa.
The states and territories these words name
- Puerto Rico
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 Feb 12, 2015.
- FDA classified it on Mar 16, 2015.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Mar 25, 2015.
- FDA terminated it on Jul 5, 2016.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp., of Mahwah, NJ.
- 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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