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. The most frequent reason is sterility.

Total recalls539since 2012

Last 12 months26reported

Class I20% of total

Ongoing72latest 1 Jul 2026

Recalls per month, last 24 months

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0Oct '24 1 0 0Jan '25 2 1 6Apr 0 0 0Jul 0 0 0Oct 2 17 0Jan '26 0 0 0Apr 1 0 6Jul 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	Foreign Material	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	Foreign Material	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	Lead & Heavy Metals	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Lead & Heavy Metals	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Lead & Heavy Metals	Nationwide
31 Dec 2025Device	CLASS II	Affixus Antegrade Femoral Nailing System Affixus Antegrade recalled	Zimmer	Lead & Heavy Metals	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.