Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder Instrument Case Total (Outer Case Vault Only)
Medical device recall Z-1961-2019. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 24, 2019.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 24, 2019. 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
- 1257 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?
Lack of an adequate sterilization validation.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder Instrument Case Total (Outer Case Vault Only), Item Number 595510
1257, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lots: 251059 254986 203752 260646 263012 264753 2111048 2111052 2111050 2111051 21110107 21110106 21110117 2291017 2881019 3231032 2981046 3341019 831129 1961120 21110105 21110108 1961120 1961120 1961120 3461146 1961120 1961120 1961120…
Every code shown here, 812 characters
Lots: 251059 254986 203752 260646 263012 264753 2111048 2111052 2111050 2111051 21110107 21110106 21110117 2291017 2881019 3231032 2981046 3341019 831129 1961120 21110105 21110108 1961120 1961120 1961120 3461146 1961120 1961120 1961120 1961120 1961120 3461146 1081211 1081211 1081211 1951228 1951228 1951228 1951228 1951228 3181203 3181203 3181203 3181203 1411303 1411303¿ 1411303 1721312 1721312 1721312 2631353 2631353 3461146 MB33730 171421 1721312 ME50120 ME50130 1641404 MH50820 1641404 1641404 2331407 1721312 1961120 2291016 3461146 2331407 2331407 ML35700 2331407 2631048 ML56520 2331407 2331407 2331407 2331407 961509 961509 961509 961509 MO93600 MO93610 961509 961509 1631512 1631512 2261523 2261523 2261523 2681520 2681520 2681520 443894 2681520 443894 443894 476977 476977 501920 501920 530934 538816
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.
The products were distributed US nationwide. The products were distributed to the following foreign countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Thailand, Venezuela.
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 Jun 10, 2019.
- FDA classified it on Jul 12, 2019.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jul 24, 2019.
- FDA terminated it on Sep 10, 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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