Zimmer recalls

Zimmer has 539 recalls on record with the FDA and USDA, the earliest in 2012 and the latest reported on 1 Jul 2026. 72 are still ongoing. 26 were reported in the last 12 months.

Total recalls539since 2012

Last 12 months26reported

Class I20% of total

Ongoing72latest 1 Jul 2026

Recalls per month, last 24 months

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1Nov '24 0 0 2Feb 1 6 0May 0 0 0Aug 0 0 2Nov 17 0 0Feb 0 0 1May 0 6 0Aug 0 0

Severity split

Class I 2 0%Class II 537 100%Class III 0 0%

Why zimmer is recalled

Product types

By year

202671%
2025285%
2024265%
202351%
202271%
202120%
20197714%
201841%
201710%
201661%

Ongoing zimmer recalls

72 active

Reported	Class	Recall	Company	Reason	Where
1 Jul 2026Device	CLASS II	Off-Axis Comprehensive Shoulder System, Large, Augment recalled	Zimmer	Foreign Material	Nationwide
1 Jul 2026Device	CLASS II	Off-Axis Comprehensive Shoulder System Small, Augment recalled by Zimmer	Zimmer	Foreign Material	Nationwide
1 Jul 2026Device	CLASS II	Off-Axis Alliance Glenoid, Left, 4-Peg, Augment, Reamer Guide recalled	Zimmer	Foreign Material	Nationwide
1 Jul 2026Device	CLASS II	Persona Revision¿ Trabecular Metal¿ Femoral Distal Augment recalled	Zimmer	Packaging Defects	IN
1 Jul 2026Device	CLASS II	Off-Axis Alliance Glenoid, Right, 4-Peg, Augment, Reamer Guide recalled	Zimmer	Foreign Material	Nationwide
1 Jul 2026Device	CLASS II	Off-Axis Comprehensive Shoulder System, Medium, Augment recalled	Zimmer	Foreign Material	Nationwide

All zimmer recalls, newest first

539 total

Reported	Class	Recall	Company	Reason	Where
1 Jul 2026Device	CLASS II	Off-Axis Comprehensive Shoulder System, Large, Augment recalled	Zimmer	Foreign Material	Nationwide
1 Jul 2026Device	CLASS II	Off-Axis Comprehensive Shoulder System Small, Augment recalled by Zimmer	Zimmer	Foreign Material	Nationwide
1 Jul 2026Device	CLASS II	Off-Axis Alliance Glenoid, Left, 4-Peg, Augment, Reamer Guide recalled	Zimmer	Foreign Material	Nationwide
1 Jul 2026Device	CLASS II	Persona Revision¿ Trabecular Metal¿ Femoral Distal Augment recalled	Zimmer	Packaging Defects	IN
1 Jul 2026Device	CLASS II	Off-Axis Alliance Glenoid, Right, 4-Peg, Augment, Reamer Guide recalled	Zimmer	Foreign Material	Nationwide
1 Jul 2026Device	CLASS II	Off-Axis Comprehensive Shoulder System, Medium, Augment recalled	Zimmer	Foreign Material	Nationwide
6 May 2026Device	CLASS II	Disposable Mixing Bowls with Spatula Mixing Bowl and Spatula recalled	Zimmer	Sterility	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
12 Nov 2025Device	CLASS II	Biomet Dual Mobility Vivacit-E Highly Crosslinked recalled by Zimmer	Zimmer	Packaging Defects	20 states
12 Nov 2025Device	CLASS II	Biomet Dual Mobility Vivacit-E Highly Crosslinked recalled by Zimmer	Zimmer	Packaging Defects	20 states
30 Apr 2025Device	CLASS II	Biomet Ceramic Head Diameter, Type 1, -3 Neck recalled by Zimmer	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
30 Apr 2025Device	CLASS II	Biomet Ceramic Head Diameter, Type 1, +3 Neck recalled by Zimmer	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
30 Apr 2025Device	CLASS II	Biomet Ceramic Head Diameter, 12/14 Taper, +0 Neck recalled by Zimmer	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
30 Apr 2025Device	CLASS II	Biomet Ceramic Head Diameter, 12/14 Taper, +3 Neck recalled by Zimmer	Zimmer	Device Malfunction	Nationwide

About this list

Records come from FDA enforcement reports and USDA FSIS notices, grouped by normalised name. A company operating under several names may appear more than once.