Brand Name: EMPOWR 3D KNEE Product Name: EMPOWR 3D KNEE INS, 11L 14MM, VE
Medical device recall Z-2701-2026. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 15, 2026.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 15, 2026. 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
- 8 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 incorrect product size mixed up.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Brand Name: EMPOWR 3D KNEE Product Name: EMPOWR 3D KNEE INS, 11L 14MM, VE Model/Catalog Number: 341-14-711 Product Description: Enovis knee devices are for knee arthroplasty.
8, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Model/Catalog Number: 341-14-711 Lot Code: Lot: 145T1067 and 135T1060 GTIN: 00888912167086 Expiration Date: 12-06-2026 (145T1067) 12-07-2026 (135T1060)
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.
GL112 Certus Medical LLC Indiana (IN) & Michigan (MI) 342-19-703 177T1057 EMPOWR 3D KNEETM INS, 3R 19MM, VE 1 MW001 Fox Medtech, LLC Colorado (CO), Wyoming (WY), Montana (MT), Counties in Nebraska 342-19-703 177T1057 EMPOWR 3D KNEETM INS, 3R 19MM, VE 1 NE190 Implant Medical Sales, Inc. New York (NY) 342-19-703 177T1057 EMPOWR 3D KNEETM INS, 3R 19MM, VE 1 SE180 Joint Medical Solutions, L.L.C. Alabama (AL) 342-19-703 177T1057 EMPOWR 3D KNEETM INS, 3R 19MM, VE 1 GL108 Great Lakes Medical Illiniois (IL) 341-14-711 135T1060 EMPOWR 3D KNEETM INS, 11L 14MM, VE 2 GL112 Certus Medical LLC Indiana (IN) & Michigan (MI) 341-14-711 135T1060 EMPOWR 3D KNEETM INS, 11L 14MM, VE 1 CE120 Matrix Orthopedics Surgical Devices Dallas/Fort Worth, TX 342-14-711 145T1067 EMPOWR 3D KNEETM INS, 11R 14MM, VE 1 NW105 Kinetic Medicine South Dakota (SD), Eastern Nebraska (NE), Western Iowa (IA) 342-14-711 145T1067 EMPOWR 3D KNEETM INS, 11R 14MM, VE 2 MA102 ProCore Medical LLC - NC North Carolina (NC) 342-14-711 145T1067 EMPOWR 3D KNEETM INS, 11R 14MM, VE 1 Total 11
The states and territories these words name
13 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Michigan
- Montana
- North Carolina
- Nebraska
- New York
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Wyoming
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 Feb 16, 2026.
- FDA classified it on Jul 8, 2026.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jul 15, 2026.
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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