NexGen Complete Knee Solution, MIS Total Knee Procedure, Stemmed Tibial Component, Precoat, Fixed Bearing,…
Medical device recall Z-1933-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 9, 2014.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 9, 2014. 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
- 41,180 total 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?
Zimmer is initiating a voluntary recall of specific identified lots due to the potential that the threads may be out of specification.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
NexGen Complete Knee Solution, MIS Total Knee Procedure, Stemmed Tibial Component, Precoat, Fixed Bearing, Size 3. Part of the NexGen systems of semi-constrained, non-linked condylar knee prosthesis.
41,180 total, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Size 3, includes the following Lot numbers: 370316 37214039 61414610 61414611 61442294 61442295 61442296 61442297 61450963 61450964 61450965 61454951 61454952 61454953 61459941 61459942 61475123 61475124 61488064 61488065 61488066 61488067…
Every code shown here, 1,995 characters
Size 3, includes the following Lot numbers: 370316 37214039 61414610 61414611 61442294 61442295 61442296 61442297 61450963 61450964 61450965 61454951 61454952 61454953 61459941 61459942 61475123 61475124 61488064 61488065 61488066 61488067 61488068 61497512 61497513 61507223 61507224 61518151 61518153 61518154 61526398 61526399 61558358 61558359 61558360 61558361 61567336 61567337 61567338 61567339 61592084 61592085 61592086 61592087 61627191 61627192 61627193 61627194 61627195 61627196 61627197 61627198 61627199 61627201 61627202 61643928 61643929 61643930 61643931 61643932 61658872 61658873 61658874 61658875 61658876 61658877 61672561 61672562 61672563 61672564 61672565 61672566 61721668 61721669 61721670 61774134 61774135 61774136 61774137 61774140 61774141 61774142 61827112 61827113 61827114 61827115 61827116 61863088 61863090 61863091 61863093 61863094 61898777 61898778 61898779 61898780 61898781 61912437 61914863 61914864 61914865 61934678 61934679 61934680 61934681 61934682 61958855 61958856 61958857 61958858 61979024 61979025 61979026 61979027 61993771 61993773 61993774 61993775 61993776 62022557 62029925 62029926 62029927 62037892 62041300 62041301 62041302 62060611 62060612 62064931 62064932 62064933 62069538 62077846 62077847 62077848 62080358 62080359 62080360 62143198 62143199 62143201 62143601 62143602 62143603 62168181 62168182 62193299 62193301 62193302 62193303 62200277 62200278 62200279 62214665 62214666 62214667 62214668 62214669 62227415 62227416 62227417 62271422 62271423 62271424 62271425 62271426 62284606 62284607 62284608 62298568 62298569 62319299 62326502 62326503 62332546 62332547 62335852 62335864 62345560 62352633 62352634 62357204 62357205 62377654 62377655 62383356 62383357 62389590 62389591 62389592 62423838 62423839 62423840 62454586 62454587 62460233 62460234 62462894 62462895 62465729 62465730 62465731 62473291 62473292 62473294 62525438 62525439 62525440 62528591 62528592 62528593 62528594 62528595 62610905 62610906 62610907…
FDA’s list runs to 2,120 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 - USA (nationwide) and Internationally to Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Singapore, and Taiwan.
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 May 19, 2014.
- FDA classified it on Jun 27, 2014.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jul 9, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on Oct 29, 2015.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Zimmer, 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.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 2,120 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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