LCS COMPLETE RPS inserts, various sizes
Medical device recall Z-1673-2015. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 3, 2015.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 3, 2015. 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
- 28,732 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?
The LCS COMPLETE RPS Knee System has higher rates of revision in Australia when the native patella is not resurfaced when compared to other unresurfaced PS implants. If the LCS COMPLETE RPS Knee System is implanted and the native patella is not resurfaced, the patient may experience patello-femoral pain, potentially requiring a secondary procedure.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
LCS COMPLETE RPS inserts, various sizes. Knee prosthesis component for orthopedic surgery.
28,732, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
All Lots. Catalog numbers: 129416110 129416112 129416115 129416117 129416120 129416122 129416125 129416210 129416212 129416215 129416217 129416220 129416222 129416225 129416310 129416312 129416315 129416317 129416320 129416322 129416325…
Every code shown here, 1,156 characters
All Lots. Catalog numbers: 129416110 129416112 129416115 129416117 129416120 129416122 129416125 129416210 129416212 129416215 129416217 129416220 129416222 129416225 129416310 129416312 129416315 129416317 129416320 129416322 129416325 129416410 129416412 129416415 129416417 129416420 129416422 129416425 129416510 129416512 129416515 129416517 129416520 129416522 129416525 129416610 129416612 129416615 129416617 129416620 129416622 129416625 129416710 129416712 129416715 129416717 129416720 129416722 129416725 129417110 129417112 129417115 129417117 129417120 129417122 129417125 129417210 129417212 129417215 129417217 129417220 129417222 129417225 129417310 129417312 129417315 129417317 129417320 129417322 129417325 129417410 129417412 129417415 129417417 129417420 129417422 129417425 129417510 129417512 129417515 129417517 129417520 129417522 129417525 129417610 129417612 129417615 129417617 129417620 129417622 129417625 129417710 129417712 129417715 129417717 129417720 129417722 129417725 129495410 129495412 129495415 129495417 129495420 129495510 129495512 129495515 129495517 129495520 129495610 129495612 129495615 129495617 129495620
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-US (nationwide) and the countries of CANADA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, UK, FRANCE, GREECE, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, KOREA, LUXEMBOURG, MALAYSIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, SOUTH AFRICA, SWITZERLAND, THAILAND.
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 4, 2015.
- FDA classified it on May 26, 2015.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jun 3, 2015.
- FDA terminated it on Oct 30, 2015.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., of Warsaw, IN.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit.
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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