Knee Stem Extensions & Impactor Sleeve: STEM IMPLANT 20MMDX145MM STEM IMPLANT 22MMDX145MM STEM IMPLANT…
Medical device recall Z-2552-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 3, 2014.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 3, 2014. 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
- 972,125 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?
Zimmer is recalling sterile-packaged implants and instruments packaged in six different package configurations due to packaging design verification test failures. Specifically, multiple test samples from each of the six configurations failed simulated distribution and shipping testing when the devices either breached inner or outer package trays or seal integrity was lost.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Knee Stem Extensions & Impactor Sleeve: STEM IMPLANT 20MMDX145MM STEM IMPLANT 22MMDX145MM STEM IMPLANT 24MMDX145MM SHARP FLUTED ST 20MMDX75MM SHARP FLUTED ST 22MMDX75MM SHARP FLTD ST 24MMDX75MM SHARP FLUTED ST 20MMDX130MM SHARP FLUTED ST 22MMDX130MM SHARP FLUTED ST 24MMDX130MM CEMENTED STEM EXT 13MM X 145MM IMPACTOR SLEEVE* NGK STEM EXT 12X245MM (200MM) NGK STEM EXT 13X245MM (200MM) NGK STEM EXT 14X245MM (200MM) NGK STEM EXT 15X245MM (200MM) NGK STEM EXT 16X245MM (200MM) NGK STEM EXT 17X245MM (200MM) NGK STEM EXT 18X245MM (200MM) NGK STEM EXT 20X245MM (200MM) NGK STEM EXT 22X245MM (200MM) SMOOTH REV STM 9.5MM X 19 SMOOTH REV STM 11.5MM X 1 SMOOTH REV STM 13.5MM X 1 SMOOTH REV STM 15.5MM X 1 SMOOTH REV STM 17.5MM X 1 REV FEM STM 10.5MM X 200M REV FEM STM 12.5MM X 200M REV FEM STM 14.5MM X 200M REV FEM STM 16.5MM X 200M 18.5X200MM REV STEM REV FEM STM 10.5MM X 250M REV FEM STM 12.5MM X 250M REV FEM STM 14.5MM X 250M REV FEM STM 16.5MM X 250M 12.5X155MM FLUTED OFFST R 14.5X155MM FLUTED OFFST R 16.5X155MM FLUTED OFFST R 18.5X155MM FLUTED OFFST R 20.5X155MM FLUTED OFFST R 12.5X175MM FLUTED REV STM FLUTE REV STEM - 14.5MM X FLUTE REV STEM - 16.5MM X FLUTE REV STEM - 18.5MM X FLUTE REV STEM - 20.5MM X FLUTE REV STEM - 22.5MM X FLUTED REV STM 10.5MM X 1 FLUTED REV STM 11.5MM X 1 FLUTED REV STM 12.5MM X 1 FLUTED REV STM 13.5MM X 1 FLUTED REV STM 14.5MM X 1 FLUTED REV STM 16.5MM X 1 FLUTED REV STM 18.5MM X 1
972,125 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Item Numbers:00598801020, 00598801022, 00598801024, 00598801520, 00598801522, 00598801524, 00598801620, 00598801622, 00598801624, 00598801913, 31810604200, 32598801212, 32598801213, 32598801214, 32598801215, 32598801216, 32598801217,…
Every code shown here, 656 characters
Item Numbers:00598801020, 00598801022, 00598801024, 00598801520, 00598801522, 00598801524, 00598801620, 00598801622, 00598801624, 00598801913, 31810604200, 32598801212, 32598801213, 32598801214, 32598801215, 32598801216, 32598801217, 32598801218, 32598801220, 32598801222, 621519095, 621519115, 621519135, 621519155, 621519175, 621520105, 621520125, 621520145, 621520165, 621520185, 621525105, 621525125, 621525145, 621525165, 681515125, 681515145, 681515165, 681515185, 681515205, 681517125, 681517145, 681517165, 681517185, 681517205, 681517225, 681519105, 681519115, 681519125, 681519135, 681519145, 681519165, 681519185 EXPIRATION DATE PRIOR TO 2024-07
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 22, 2014.
- FDA classified it on Aug 26, 2014.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 3, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on Sep 15, 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: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit.
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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