Zimmer NexPosure — Class II medical device recall Z-1045-2013
Terminated recall by Zimmer, Inc., reported 2013-04-10, distributed nationwide. Possibility that the inner pouch may be compromised. The product is packaged in two pouches - a sterile inner
| Recall number | Z-1045-2013 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2013-02-08 |
| Classified | 2013-04-01 |
| Reported by FDA | 2013-04-10 |
| Terminated | 2014-12-09 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Quantity | 58 |
| Reason classes | sterility |
| Lot numbers | 61225572, 61267745, 61267750, 61267753, 61267756, 61267759, 61267760, 61267761, 61657007, 61657015, 61657016, 61657017, 61657018, 61657019, 61657031, 61664689, 61801814, 61873348, 61895685 |
| Model numbers | N182450-055, N182450-065, N182450-075, N182450-085, N1830L50-060, N1830L50-070, N1830L50-080, N1830L50-090, N1830L50-100, N1830L80-060, N1830L80-070, N1830L80-080, N1830L80-090, N1830L80-100, N1830R50-060, N1830R50-070, N1830R50-080, N1830R50-090, N1830R50-100, N1830R80-060, N1830R80-100 |
Product
Zimmer NexPosure, retractor portals of the NexPosure MIS Access System, Part Numbers or REF numbers: N1830R80-100, N1830R80-090¿, N1830R80-080¿, N1830R80-070¿, N1830R80-060, N1830R50-100, N1830R50-090, N1830R50-080, ¿ N1830R50-070, N1830R50-060, N1830L80-100, N1830L80-090, N1830L80-080, N1830L80-070, N1830L80-060, N1830L50-100, N1830L50-090, N1830L50-080, N1830L50-070, N1830L50-060, ¿ N182450-085, N182450-075, N182450-065, N182450-055, N182450-045.¿ Retractor access system that allows placement of posterior spinal fixation implants.
Reason for recall
Possibility that the inner pouch may be compromised. The product is packaged in two pouches - a sterile inner pouch within an external pouch. NexPosure Retractors contained in a breached inner pouch have an increased risk of contamination (i.e.; loss of product sterility) if proper aseptic technique is not followed when transferring the inner package into the sterile field. Patient infection may o
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