Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 17596 |
| Brand Name: | Zimmer NexGen Trabecular Metal Tibial (Replacement) Impactor Pad Instruments |
| Model: | Item Numbers: 00-5953-056-00 & 00-5953-056-06 |
| Affected: | All lots |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Zimmer Biomet New Zealand Company 210 Khyber Pass Road Grafton Auckland |
| Contact Information: | 09 925 5200 |
| Manufacturer: | Zimmer Inc |
| Issue: | Following reports of pads breaking, Zimmer is providing clarifying instructions relating to the assembly/disassembly of the Trabecular Metal Tibial Impactor with/from TM tibial Impactor Pads. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Instructions for use to be updated |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 4/11/2014 |
