Z-2072-2015Class II

A.L.P.S. - Medium Bone Plate Forceps. Orthopedic manual surgical instrument

Name: Z-2072-2015 A.L.P.S. - Medium Bone Plate Forceps. Orthopedic manual surgical instrument
Creator: Biomet, Inc.
Published: 2015-06-17
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Zimmer GmbH / initiated 2015-06-17 / Terminated / root cause: supplier

FDA source

Biomet, Inc. began a recall of A.L.P.S. - Medium Bone Plate Forceps. Orthopedic manual surgical instrument on 2015-06-17. FDA classified it as Class II and gives the reason as "Medium Bone Plate Forceps was assembled with the incorrect grip arm tip. Potential that the surgeon will be unable to provisionally clamp the plate to the patient's bone". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as supplier.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-2072-2015
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2015-06-17
Posted: 2015-07-14
Terminated: 2016-03-22
Recalling firm: Zimmer GmbH
Product: A.L.P.S. - Medium Bone Plate Forceps. Orthopedic manual surgical instrument.
Product code: HYA Forceps, Wire Holding
Reason for recall: Medium Bone Plate Forceps was assembled with the incorrect grip arm tip. Potential that the surgeon will be unable to provisionally clamp the plate to the patient's bone.
Root cause tag: supplier
FDA root cause: Vendor change control
Action: On 6/17/2015, URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL NOTICE notifications were sent to the affected distributors with instructions for locating and returning the affected product. The recall notification included a description of the reason for the recall, affected product, consignee responsibilities, and instructions for responding to the formal recall notification. Questions related to this notice should be directed to (574) 372-1570, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Quantity in commerce: 223
Distribution: Domestic: TX NJ, NC, KY, MA, SD, MO, AL, IN, GA, AR International: Netherlands, Japan, Costa Rica
Product codes and lots: Part Number: 816301006 Lot Numbers: 099216, 093776, 093717, 093716, 088526, 081179, 072525, 072524

Enforcement reports

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FDA enforcement reports joined to recall event Z-2072-2015
Recall number	Class	Status	Voluntary or mandated	Report date	Classified
Z-2072-2015	Class II	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2015-07-22	2015-07-14

Product code HYA

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About this record

Sourced from the FDA device recall database and the FDA enforcement reports, both ingested from openFDA. The recall record supplies the product, the reason and the product code; the enforcement report supplies the classification. The two datasets are exported by FDA on different days, and the date above is the older of the two, so nothing on this page is newer than it says.

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Data as of 2026-09-30, the FDA export date for this dataset. Page last changed 2026-09-05. View this recall on fda.gov (opens on fda.gov)