FDA recall Z-0067-2018

Product

Cobalt HV with Gentamicin, Cobalt Bone Cement 40GM, REF 402283, QTY 1, STERILE, Rx Only, Mfgr: BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS Cobalt MV and HV Bone Cement is indicated for use as bone cement in arthroplastic procedures of the hip, knee and other joints to fix plastic and metal prosthetic parts to living bone when reconstructions is necessary because of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic arthritis, avascular necrosis, nonunion of fractures of the neck of the femur, sickle cell anemia osteoporosis, secondary severe joint destruction following trauma or other conditions (also far fixation of unstable fractures in metastatic malignancies), and revision of previous arthroplasty procedures

Reason for recall

Loss of the seal on the sterile Tyvek packaging used with this Cobalt Bone Cement.

Distribution

Nationwide Distribution

Key facts

Status

Ongoing

Initiation date

2017-06-26

Report date

2017-11-15

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

Austin, TX, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-0067-2018