LFIT Anatomic CoCr Femoral Heads
Medical device recall Z-2293-2018. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 11, 2018.
No Watch here, and no alerts: openFDA asks that its enforcement 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” (openFDA). For FDA’s own recall emails, subscribe at FDA. FDA’s own record is on accessdata.fda.gov.
The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 11, 2018. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
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?
The recalling firm has received a higher than expected number of complaints documenting femoral head/hip stem disassociation for certain sizes of femoral heads manufactured prior to March 4, 2011.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
LFIT Anatomic CoCr Femoral Heads, Catalog No. 6260-9-040
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lots 586MTA 587MTA 588MTA 588MTAX1 589MTA 5E8MMD 5E9MMD 5EAMMD 5HDMDE 5JKMMD 5JKMMDX1 5L9MPA 5LHMPA 5LJMPA 5LVMPA 5LVMPAX1 5LWMPA 5LXMPA 5MPMTD 5MRMTD 5MRMTDX1 5R0MND 5TDMMD 5V1MND 5V7MHD 5VHMHD 5VTMHD 5W0MHD 5WEMHD 5WKMHD 5WNMHD 5WTMHD…
Every code shown here, 1,996 characters
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FDA’s list runs to 13,747 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.
Distributed nationwide. Foreign distribution to Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.
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 22, 2018.
- FDA classified it on Jul 2, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jul 11, 2018.
- FDA terminated it on May 8, 2020.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Howmedica Osteonics Corp., of Mahwah, NJ.
- 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 13,747 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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