FDAOctober 22, 2018device

Zimmer Smooth Guide Wire - Bullet Tip, 3.0 mm Diameter, 100 cm Length Item Number: 47-2255-008-01 Product Usage: A single use surgical instrument used during orthopaedic surgery for implantation of a prosthesis.

Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

The hazard

Various Trauma Guide Wires- creases in the sealing area on the end opposite of the product's chevron opening compromising product sterility

What to do

FDA enforcement status: Terminated

Brands named

zimmer biometzimmer

UPCs

47225500801

Recall history

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