FDAMay 11, 2017device
Normed General Instruments 503004541: Werber Countersink Cannulated for micro CBS Screws, AO 503004341: Werber Countersink Cannulated for micro CBS Screws, round-shaft The Countersink is an instrument which is used over the guide wire to prepare for adequate space in the cortical bone rim to sink...
Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
The hazard
the devices used a different raw material to produce two countersink products which has higher hardness and higher carbon content resulting in device damage.
What to do
FDA enforcement status: Terminated
Brands named
zimmer
Recall history
Other federal recalls tied to the same brand — a factual pattern, straight from the source data.
- FDAOff-Axis Comprehensive Shoulder System Small, Augment, Off-Axis, Reamer Guide, Model/Catalog Number: 1100402402026-05-20
- FDAOff-Axis Comprehensive Shoulder System, Medium, Augment, Off-Axis, Reamer Guide Model/Catalog Number: 1100402412026-05-20
- FDAOff-Axis Alliance Glenoid, Left, 4-Peg, Augment, Reamer Guide, Model/Catalog Number: 1100404442026-05-20
- FDAOff-Axis Alliance Glenoid, Right, 4-Peg, Augment, Reamer Guide, Model/Catalog Number: 1100404762026-05-20
- FDAOff-Axis Comprehensive Shoulder System, Large, Augment, Off-Axis, Reamer Guide Model/Catalog Number: 1100402422026-05-20
- FDABrand Name: Persona Revision Product Name: Persona Revision¿ Trabecular Metal¿ Femoral Distal Augment Model/Catalog Number: 42-5572-066-10 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Persona Revision¿ Trabecular Metal¿ Femoral Distal Augment Size 9, 9+ 10mm Thicknes Component: N/A2026-05-11
- FDABrand Name: Disposable Mixing Bowls with Spatula Product Name: Mixing Bowl and Spatula Model/Catalog Number: 00-5049-011-00 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Mixing Bowl and Spatula Component: N/A2026-03-30
- FDABrand Name: Zimmer Tourniquet Systems Product Name: A.T.S.¿ 5000TS Tourniquet Systems Model/Catalog Number: 60500010100 Software Version: Software version v2.04 or prior are within scope of the recall for A.T.S.¿ 5000TS Product Description: A.T.S 5000TS Tourniquet Systems Component: N/A2025-12-24
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