NexGen Complete Knee Solution, MIS Total Knee Procedure, Stemmed Tibial Component, Precoat, Fixed Bearing,…
Medical device recall Z-1936-2014. 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 5. 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 5, includes the following Lot numbers: 370318 37214652 61424997 61442318 61442319 61442320 61451223 61454955 61454956 61459968 61459969 61459970 61475130 61475131 61475132 61488234 61518182 61518183 61518184 61526402 61543977 61567344…
Every code shown here, 905 characters
Size 5, includes the following Lot numbers: 370318 37214652 61424997 61442318 61442319 61442320 61451223 61454955 61454956 61459968 61459969 61459970 61475130 61475131 61475132 61488234 61518182 61518183 61518184 61526402 61543977 61567344 61567345 61592091 61592092 61627258 61627260 61643935 61643936 61658884 61658885 61658886 61774178 61774179 61774180 61774181 61774182 61774183 61863148 61863149 61863150 61863151 61863152 61912439 61934688 61934689 61935101 61935102 61979031 61979032 61979033 62016160 62016162 62022559 62037894 62037895 62051524 62051525 62069546 62089014 62089015 62143608 62168185 62177112 62193308 62200281 62200282 62200283 62214674 62214675 62227420 62261968 62261972 62261973 62261975 62298570 62332566 62352641 62358491 62358492 62377651 62423843 62455679 62460240 62460242 62460243 62525441 62525442 62586581 62586582 62610910 62610911 62610912 62640982 62646149 62646150
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.”
- 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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