Z-0905-2009

Zimmer TIV Self Tap Screw, 42 mm. Manufactured by Zimmer Manufacturing B.V., A Subsidiary of Zimmer, Inc...

Name: Z-0905-2009 Zimmer TIV Self Tap Screw, 42 mm. Manufactured by Zimmer Manufacturing B.V., A Subsidiary of Zimmer, Inc...
Creator: Zimmer Inc.
Published: 2008-12-12
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Zimmer GmbH / initiated 2008-12-12 / Terminated / root cause: manufacturing process

FDA source

Zimmer Inc. began a recall of Zimmer TIV Self Tap Screw, 42 mm. Manufactured by Zimmer Manufacturing B.V., A Subsidiary of Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN; Item No. 48231904200. NOTE: This product... on 2008-12-12. The reason FDA records is "The package may contain a 40 mm long screw instead of the labeled 42 mm long screw, or vice versa". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as manufacturing process.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-0905-2009
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2008-12-12
Posted: 2009-01-26
Terminated: 2009-10-30
Recalling firm: Zimmer GmbH
Product: Zimmer TIV Self Tap Screw, 42 mm. Manufactured by Zimmer Manufacturing B.V., A Subsidiary of Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN; Item No. 48231904200. NOTE: This product is not sold in the United States. The device is used to attach healing plates to long bones for stabilization of fractures during the normal healing process. Devices are individually packaged and sold sterile.
Product code: HWC Screw, Fixation, Bone
Reason for recall: The package may contain a 40 mm long screw instead of the labeled 42 mm long screw, or vice versa.
Root cause tag: manufacturing process
FDA root cause: Process control
Action: The firm's facility in Japan was notified via letter, "Urgent: Device Recall" (dated 12/11/08) and requested to complete an enclosed Inventory Return Certification form. The letter instructed distributors to notify accounts to the user level to stop using the affected implants and return them to the Zimmer Distribution Center in the U.S. and fax (574-372-4265) a copy of the completed Inventory Return Certification form to Zimmer, Inc. For questions about the recall, please contact Zimmer, Inc. at 1-800-613-6131.
Quantity in commerce: 408
Distribution: International Distribution including country of Japan.
Product codes and lots: Lots 60548987, 60548986, 60548999, 60557220 and 60557219.

Product code HWC

The FDA recall record names no cleared device, and no clearance has been matched to it.

China's FDA-registered implant bench is 151 establishments of 4,70415 SEP 2026 / by Medical Device Manufacturing

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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.

MDM adds the root cause tag, derived from FDA’s own root cause text, and the cross-links to the product code, the clearances named on the record and MDM coverage. Where a recall has not been joined to an enforcement report, no classification is shown.

Data as of 2026-10-07, the FDA export date for this dataset. Page last changed 2026-09-05. View this recall on fda.gov (opens on fda.gov)