GXL acetabular liners, orthopedic hip implant component
Medical device recall Z-1727-2022. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 21, 2022.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 21, 2022. 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
- 132 devices 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?
Specific GXL acetabular polyethylene liners, packaged in non-conforming bags, may adversely impact the device and contribute to accelerated wear.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
GXL acetabular liners, orthopedic hip implant component. Product Line Numbers: a. ACUMATCH +5MM LAT LINER 15 DEG 36MM ID, SIZE H, REF 138-36-08 b. ACUMATCH +5MM LAT LINER 15 DEG 36MM ID, SIZE J, REF 138-36-09 c. ACUMATCH LINER 15 DEG 36MM ID, SIZE H, REF 132-36-08 d. ACUMATCH LINER 15 DEG 36MM ID, SIZE J, REF 132-36-09 e. ACUMATCH LINER 15 DEG 36MM ID, SIZE K, REF 132-36-10
132 devices, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
a. REF 138-36-08, GUDID 10885862024787, Serial Numbers: 638430, 638433, 638451, 638462, 638467; b. REF 138-36-09, GUDID 10885862024794, Serial Numbers: 635279, 635281; c. REF 132-36-08, GUDID 10885862023353, Serial Numbers: 630606, 630607,…
Every code shown here, 1,352 characters
a. REF 138-36-08, GUDID 10885862024787, Serial Numbers: 638430, 638433, 638451, 638462, 638467; b. REF 138-36-09, GUDID 10885862024794, Serial Numbers: 635279, 635281; c. REF 132-36-08, GUDID 10885862023353, Serial Numbers: 630606, 630607, 630609, 630610, 630611, 630612, 630613, 632796, 632797, 632799, 632800, 632801, 632802, 632803, 632805, 632806, 632807, 632808, 632809, 632810, 632812, 632813, 632814, 632815, 632817, 632818, 632819, 632822, 632823, 632824, 632826, 632829, 632830, 632832, 632834, 657859, 657861, 657862, 657863, 657865, 657866, 657867, 657868, 657869, 657870, 657871, 657873, 657875, 657876, 657877, 657878, 657880, 657882, 657883, 657885, 657886, 657887, 657888, 657890, 657891, 657892, 1116881, 1116882, 1116883, 1116886, 1116887, 1116888, 1116889, 1116890, 1116892, 1116896, 1116897, 1116899, 1116903, 1116904, 1116905; d. REF 132-36-09, GUDID 10885862023360, Serial Numbers: 638946, 638947, 638950, 643861, 643862, 643863, 643864, 643865, 643866, 643867, 643868, 643869, 643870, 643871, 643872, 643874, 643876, 643877, 643878, 643879, 643880, 643881, 643882, 643883, 643884, 645796, 645798, 645799, 645800, 645801, 645802, 645803, 645805, 645806, 645807, 828079, 828082, 828083, 828084, 828085, 828086, 828088, 828089, 828090, 828091, 828092, 1634294, 2754889; e. REF 132-36-10, GUDID 10885862023377, Serial Numbers: 632861.
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 OUS (foreign) countries of: ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, GREECE, GUATEMALA, INDIA, LEBANON PORTUGAL,PUERTO RICO,SPAIN
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 Aug 11, 2022.
- FDA classified it on Sep 9, 2022.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 21, 2022.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Exactech, Inc., of Gainesville, FL.
- 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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