Zimmer Natural Nail System Tear Drop Guide Wire 3.0 mm Diameter, 100 cm Length
Medical device recall Z-1469-2018. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 2, 2018.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 2, 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
- 19483 total products 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 failure of sterile packaging seal.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Zimmer Natural Nail System Tear Drop Guide Wire 3.0 mm Diameter, 100 cm Length; Item Number: 47-2490-097-00
19483 total products, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot Numbers: 63609177 63631715 63638172 63638173 63638175 63638176 63645643 63645644 63655990 63655991 63655992 63655993 63655994 63662538 63662539 63662540 63662541 63668694 63668695 63668696 63668697 63675668 63675669 63675670 63675704…
Every code shown here, 849 characters
Lot Numbers: 63609177 63631715 63638172 63638173 63638175 63638176 63645643 63645644 63655990 63655991 63655992 63655993 63655994 63662538 63662539 63662540 63662541 63668694 63668695 63668696 63668697 63675668 63675669 63675670 63675704 63675705 63681724 63681726 63681728 63690176 63690179 63690180 63705228 63705229 63709163 63709164 63709165 63709166 63715680 63715681 63715682 63715683 63721368 63721369 63721370 63721371 63731169 63748392 63753760 63753761 63753762 63753763 63758420 63758421 63758422 63758423 63771066 63771067 63780119 63780120 63780121 63780122 63781875 63781876 63781877 63781878 63787475 63787476 63787477 63796531 63796532 63796533 63796534 63796535 63803579 63803581 63803583 63803591 63803592 63812281 63812283 63812284 63812285 63817702 63817704 63817705 63844026 63812282 63817701 63826234 63826235 63836285 63844028
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.
US Nationwide and the following countries: Brazil, Singapore, Canada, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Chile, Netherlands, Trinidad
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?
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 Mar 26, 2018.
- FDA classified it on Apr 20, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on May 2, 2018.
- FDA terminated it on Nov 18, 2020.
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: 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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