Brand Name: EMPOWR Dual Mobility” Product Name: EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40
Medical device recall Z-2147-2025. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 30, 2025.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 30, 2025. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- 13 states named in where it went
- 20 units 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?
Due to packaging discrepancy with the incorrect tibial inserts/implants being packaged. Issued discovered via a customer complaint.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Brand Name: EMPOWR Dual Mobility” Product Name: EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 Model/Catalog Number: 952-28-40E Software Version: NA Product Description: The EMPOWR Dual Mobility” system is compatible with the EMPOWR Acetabular¿ system, 28mm femoral heads and all hip stems Component: NA
20 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot Code: Item: 952-28-40E GTIN: 00190446673194 Lot\s: 2224A1124A
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.
RFK Medical Inc. Viriginia (VA) CE102 952-28-40E 2224A1124A EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 1 Valor Medical Solutions South Texas (TX) CE118 952-28-40E 2224A1124A EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 4 952-28-42F 2225A1124 EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD42 1 Matrix Orthopedics Surgical Devices Dallas/Fort Worth, TX CE120 952-28-40E 2224A1124A EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 2 WHISKEY TRAIL ORTHOPEDICS LLC AUS Tennessee (TN) CE123 952-28-42F 2225A1124 EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD42 1 Florida Direct - FSW Medical Florida (FL) FL001 952-28-40E 2224A1124A EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 1 Certus Medical LLC Indiana (IN) & Michigan (MI) GL112 952-28-40E 2224A1124A EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 1 952-28-42F 2225A1124 EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD42 1 Procore Medical, LLC North Carolina (NC) MA102 952-28-40E 2224A1124A EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 1 952-28-42F 2225A1124 EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD42 2 Implant Medical Sales, Inc. New York (NY) NE190 952-28-40E 2224A1124A EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 1 952-28-42F 2225A1124 EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD42 1 Maryland Medical Devices LLC Maryland (MD) NE192 952-28-42F 2225A1124 EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD42 3 CalSurg California (CA) NW115 952-28-42F 2225A1124 EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD42 1 Del Ortho LLC Louisiana (LA) SC195 952-28-40E 2224A1124A EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 2 Joint Medical Solutions, LLC Alabama (AL) SE180 952-28-42F 2225A1124 EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD42 1 VT Industries, LLC Florida (FL) SE194 952-28-42F 2225A1124 EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD42 1 Promedica Utah (UT) W176 952-28-40E 2224A1124A EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 1 Diverse Surgical Supplies California (CA) W193 952-28-40E 2224A1124A EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 1 Unified Orthopedics Southern California W223 952-28-40E 2224A1124A EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 1 952-28-42F 2225A1124 EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD42 5 Totaling 36 devices and of those the following have been returned CE118 returned 1 device due to complaint CC-00488572: 952-28-40E 2224A1124A EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 1 This leaves a total of 35 in the field. Encore Medical L.P. (Enovis) has the following 1 device in the warehouse: 952-28-40E 2224A1124A EMPOWR Acetabular, Dual Mobility, Poly Bearing, ID28, OD40 1 Complaint CC-00488572
The states and territories these words name
13 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- California
- Florida
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Michigan
- North Carolina
- New York
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 Jun 12, 2025.
- FDA classified it on Jul 21, 2025.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jul 30, 2025.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Encore Medical, LP, of Austin, TX.
- 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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