Knee Products: 189420 Vanguard Knee System — Class II medical device recall Z-2152-2020
Terminated recall by Biomet, Inc., reported 2020-06-03, distributed nationwide. Potential presence of elevated endotoxin levels that exceed the specification limit
| Recall number | Z-2152-2020 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Biomet, Inc., Warsaw, IN, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2020-04-17 |
| Classified | 2020-05-28 |
| Reported by FDA | 2020-06-03 |
| Terminated | 2021-06-25 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Countries outside the US | CA, CL, CR, IN, JP, MX, NL, SG, TH, TW |
| Quantity | 107 units |
| Reason classes | sterility |
| UPC / GTIN / UDI-DI | 00880304451308, 00880304451322, 00880304451346, 00880304451360, 00880304451735, 00880304454859 |
| Lot numbers | 530900 |
Product
Knee Products: 189420 Vanguard Knee System, PS Mono Lock Tibial Bearing, 10 MM X 63 MM 189422 Vanguard Knee System, PS Mono Lock Tibial Bearing, 12 MM X 63 MM 189442 Vanguard Knee System, PS Mono Lock Tibial Bearing, 12 MM X 67 MM 189460 Vanguard Knee System, PS Mono Lock Tibial Bearing, 10 MM X 71 MM 189440 Vanguard Knee System, PS Mono Lock Tibial Bearing, 10 MM X 67 MM 189460 Vanguard Knee System, PS Mono Lock Tibial Bearing, 10 MM X 71 MM 189420 Vanguard Knee System, PS Mono Lock Tibial Bearing, 10 MM X 63 MM 189460 Vanguard Knee System, PS Mono Lock Tibial Bearing, 10 MM X 71 MM 189426 Vanguard Knee System, PS Mono Lock Tibial Bearing, 16 MM X 63 MM 189440 Vanguard Knee System, PS Mono Lock Tibial Bearing, 10 MM X 67 MM 189460 Vanguard Knee System, PS Mono Lock Tibial Bearing, 10 MM X 71 MM
Reason for recall
Potential presence of elevated endotoxin levels that exceed the specification limit
Machine access
This record, with every extracted code, the verbatim FDA record and provenance, is available from the recall API: GET https://api.data.aroqon.com/v1/recalls/Z-2152-2020. Look up any UPC, UDI, NDC or lot with /v1/recalls/lookup?code=…. API docs · free and paid keys.
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration enforcement report via openFDA (CC0). Structured by Data Foundry (recall-structuring@2); last changed 2026-09-26. Not affiliated with or endorsed by FDA. Not medical or legal advice.