FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

Empowr Knee System Product Usage: Non-porous proximal tibial baseplate implants, utilized in either posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) retaining or PCL substituting total knee arthroplasty procedure.

Recall: Z-0711-2017 · Reported December 14, 2016

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-0711-2017
Event ID
75715
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Encore Medical, Lp
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
December 14, 2016
Initiation Date
November 15, 2016
Classification Date
December 6, 2016
Termination Date
January 20, 2017
Address
9800 Metric Blvd, N/A, Austin, TX, 78758-5445, United States

Description

Empowr Knee System Product Usage: Non-porous proximal tibial baseplate implants, utilized in either posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) retaining or PCL substituting total knee arthroplasty procedure.

Reason

A size 4 Empowr baseplate was mislabeled as a size 6. The affected lot was laser marked as M6, marked with the lot number for the size 6 minus lot, and distributed as size 6 minus.

Code Info

033T1022

Distribution

US Nationwide Distribution in the states of CO, IL, IN, FL, CA, AZ

Quantity

7 units