# FDA recall Z-2820-2018

> **Zimmer Biomet, Inc.** · Class II · device recall initiated 2018-06-08.

## Product

ARCOS Modular Revision Hip System, item number 11-300814  orthopedic hip prosthesis femoral stem.

## Reason for recall

Two lots of the Echo BI-Metric Hip Stem and ARCOS Modular Revision Hip Stem may have been comingled. Potential health consequences include extension of surgery time to find a replacement component.

## Distribution

US distribution to CA, GA, IL, MO, NY, and VA.

## Key facts

- **Recall number:** Z-2820-2018
- **Recalling firm:** Zimmer Biomet, Inc.
- **Classification:** Class II
- **Product type:** device
- **Status:** Terminated
- **Initiation date:** 2018-06-08
- **Report date:** 2018-08-22
- **Termination date:** 2020-04-14

- **Voluntary/Mandated:** Voluntary: Firm initiated
- **Location:** Warsaw, IN, United States

## Primary source

FDA Enforcement Reports: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-2820-2018

## Citation

> AI Analytics. FDA recall Z-2820-2018. Retrieved 2026-05-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/recall/Z-2820-2018. Source: US FDA. Licensed CC0.

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