TRIATHLON FEMORAL DISTAL AUGMENT 10MM - SIZE 2 LEFT
Medical device recall Z-2757-2019. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 9, 2019.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 9, 2019. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 49 states named
- 167 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 device overhang issue that protrudes beyond the medial periphery of the mating femoral component
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
TRIATHLON FEMORAL DISTAL AUGMENT 10MM - SIZE 2 LEFT Catalog # 5541-A-201 - Product Usage: Triathlon Femoral Distal Augments are used with Triathlon TS Femoral Components during revision Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) and with Triathlon Primary PS Femoral Components during TKA to address distal femoral defects. (See attached IFU (IFU_Triathlon Total Knee_QIN 4376 Rev AB).
167 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
All lots with an expiration date on or before 31 June 2024. Lot # A3A4G A3O4G A7E4A A7S7Y AABP AABR AAS7L ABI3L ABY7A AE44H AEB7H AER7Y AGS7H AHS4D AIA7Y AII4Z ALR4L AOU3R ARG9T ASZ3O ATG4X ATU7D AVG7Z AVO9H AYG9Y AYX3Y BAE3E BAU3L BE93T…
Every code shown here, 935 characters
All lots with an expiration date on or before 31 June 2024. Lot # A3A4G A3O4G A7E4A A7S7Y AABP AABR AAS7L ABI3L ABY7A AE44H AEB7H AER7Y AGS7H AHS4D AIA7Y AII4Z ALR4L AOU3R ARG9T ASZ3O ATG4X ATU7D AVG7Z AVO9H AYG9Y AYX3Y BAE3E BAU3L BE93T BEB4L BGU4G BHL9O BIE7H BL74I BLL9A BRE9E BRO7U BRY4Y BS97E BSH7H BSO3G BTE4D DNVL DRSG DVXW DZKF FUXX FVAH GARO GAWP GBTP GJZD GKAJ GKDW GLAN GLBU GLHI GLHY HHRP HHVI HXGO HXML HXUV HYHY HZBN HZKZ HZNH IBSA IBZA IDZV IKGT IKKM ILHJ INIM INLE ITMY IXNB IYRK JBOV JDJY JEUD JIOX JIYT JJZE JKFX JKYF JLIF JOJF JWEF JWVL JYWU JZYF KEXO KMFK KMGH KMIS KOHJ KPNX KRPW KSNI KUZR KVYS MDZU MLWL MNKY MOHT MPNI MROZ S3HR SSVR TGOB U3BV ULIO USUR UZYY V4ZD VADL VGLG VHWH VJHI VJYL VPSZ VRDA VTYL VWRZ VZVT WDVE WIRA WISA WOTL WOUL WRUR WRUS WVZO WWEP WXTS WXTT WXTU WZP3 XEMZ XENA XHZU XKWY XKWZ XLRY XLRZ XSFN XSFP XSZE XSZF XVJA XVKZ XWVJ XWWZ XYGU XYGV YBJJ YBJK YCZR YCZS YFXP YFXR YGDI YGDZ YHDM YHDN
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 - US Nationwide distribution including the states of AL,AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY, and countries of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Honk Kong, India, Ireland, Iran, Italy, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and UK.
The states and territories these words name
49 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- Montana
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
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 Aug 19, 2019.
- FDA classified it on Sep 27, 2019.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Oct 9, 2019.
- FDA terminated it on May 6, 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.”
- 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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