PRECICE PLATE - Product Usage: intended for limb lengthening, open and closed fracture fixation,…
Medical device recall Z-1325-2021. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 7, 2021.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 7, 2021. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 40 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?
Due to complaints of adverse events potentially related to biological safety. The complaints included report of pain and bony abnormalities at the interface between the telescoping nail segments.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
PRECICE PLATE - Product Usage: intended for limb lengthening, open and closed fracture fixation, pseudoarthrosis, mal-unions, non-unions, or bone transport of long bones.
40 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
All Lots affected. Below are: Primary DI Number(GTIN)/Product Code (REF)/Product Description: 00887517021915 LP4.5-DLF30 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Left, 35mm, 0-Hole; 00887517021908 LP4.5-DLF31 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal…
Every code shown here, 1,999 characters
All Lots affected. Below are: Primary DI Number(GTIN)/Product Code (REF)/Product Description: 00887517021915 LP4.5-DLF30 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Left, 35mm, 0-Hole; 00887517021908 LP4.5-DLF31 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Left, 35mm, 1-Hole; 00887517021892 LP4.5-DLF32 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Left, 35mm, 2-Hole; 00887517021885 LP4.5-DLF3B PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Left, 35mm, Bump; 00887517021878 LP4.5-DLF40 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Left, 45mm, 0-Hole; 00887517021861 LP4.5-DLF41 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Left, 45mm, 1-Hole; 00887517021854 LP4.5-DLF42 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Left, 45mm, 2-Hole; 00887517021847 LP4.5-DLF4B PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Left, 45mm, Bump; 00887517021830 LP4.5-DRF30 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Right, 35mm, 0-Hole; 00887517021823 LP4.5-DRF31 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Right, 35mm, 1-Hole; 00887517021816 LP4.5-DRF32 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Right, 35mm, 2-Hole; 00887517021809 LP4.5-DRF3B PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Right, 35mm, Bump; 00887517021793 LP4.5-DRF40 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Right, 45mm, 0-Hole; 00887517021786 LP4.5-DRF41 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Right, 45mm, 1-Hole; 00887517021779 LP4.5-DRF42 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Right, 45mm, 2-Hole; 00887517021762 LP4.5-DRF4B PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Distal Femur Plate, Right, 45mm, Bump; 00887517021755 LP4.5-MLT30 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Posteromedial Proximal Tibia Plate, Left, 35mm, 0-Hole; 00887517021748 LP4.5-MLT31 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Posteromedial Proximal Tibia Plate, Left, 35mm, 1-Hole; 00887517021731 LP4.5-MLT32 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Posteromedial Proximal Tibia Plate, Left, 35mm, 2-Hole; 00887517021724 LP4.5-MLT3B PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Posteromedial Proximal Tibia Plate, Left, 35mm, Bump; 00887517021717 LP4.5-MLT40 PRECICE Plate 4.5mm Posteromedial Proximal Tibia Plate, Left, 45mm, 0-Hole;…
FDA’s list runs to 6,066 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 - U.S. Nationwide distribution and the countries of Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and UAE. Consignee List provided only includes email addresses. Complete contact information is pending.
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?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, 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, 2021.
- FDA classified it on Mar 30, 2021.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Apr 7, 2021.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics Inc, of Aliso Viejo, CA.
- 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.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 6,066 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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