8.5mm Reamer Head for Flexible Intramedullary Nailing System
Medical device recall Z-2359-2015. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 19, 2015.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 19, 2015. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Not named no state, in where it went
- 4329 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?
The possibility exists for intraoperative reamer head breakages which could also allow for un-retrieved fragments of non-implant grade material: additional lot numbers identified. No new adverse events reported.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
8.5mm Reamer Head for Flexible Intramedullary Nailing System; An orthopedic manual surgical instrument is a nonpowered hand-held device intended for medical purposes to manipulate tissue or for use with other devices in orthopedic surgery. This generic type of device includes the cerclage applier, awl, bender, drill brace, broach, burr, corkscrew, countersink, pin crimper, wire cutter, prosthesis driver, extractor, file, fork, needle holder, impactor, bending or contouring instrument, compression instrument, passer, socket positioner, probe, femoral neck punch, socket pusher, reamer, rongeur, scissors, screwdriver, bone skid, staple driver, bone screw starter, surgical stripper, tamp, bone tap, trephine, wire twister, and wrench.
4329, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Part Number 352.085, Sold lot numbers: 4399543 4411503 4420609 4425217 4500163 4500164 4500686 4516589 4606034 4606035 4619636 4631667 4646360 4658303 4660046 4676339 4691146 4691147 4705949 4720351 4720352 4757916 4769298 4769248 4799766…
Every code shown here, 908 characters
Part Number 352.085, Sold lot numbers: 4399543 4411503 4420609 4425217 4500163 4500164 4500686 4516589 4606034 4606035 4619636 4631667 4646360 4658303 4660046 4676339 4691146 4691147 4705949 4720351 4720352 4757916 4769298 4769248 4799766 4790646 4798484 4856180 4882851 4899798 4919634 4937255 4937251 4956701 4956699 4977566 4994239 5018161 5018284 5034158 5034157 5050564 5052365 5065433 5087496 5102055 5102054 5124415 5124416 5140714 5140716 5161068 5185228 5203705 5226958 5226959 5248981 5249272 5249274 5249278 5294388 5299855 5299857 5299856 5299858 5362321 5454350 5454351 5471078 5493666 5508984 5535700 5554801 5575607 5582834 5610290 5635000 5652084 5665722 5697107 5718304 5735831 5756081 5769433 5784706 5813830 5837326 5870257 20141 20290 20291 21025 20713 21372 21677 21829 22717 20292 22981 21201 22592 23390 21927 23439 23944 24091 24334 24510 24917 24934 25076 25171 25178 4800264 4803085
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.
These words name no state.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 Jul 1, 2015.
- FDA classified it on Aug 10, 2015.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Aug 19, 2015.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 26, 2016.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Synthes (USA) Products LLC, of West Chester, PA.
- 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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