ZipTight AC Joint Implant (Biomet) – missing component (2025)

Check Your Product

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Reason for Recall

As stated by FDA

There is a potential for a missing slotted button assembly in one lot of ZipTight, Acute AC Joint Implant, Single Ziploop

Recommended Action

Per FDA guidance

Zimmer Biomet issued an URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL notice to its consignees (Distributors and Risk Managers-separate notices) on 09/23/2025 via FedEx 2nd day. The notice explained the issue, risk, and requested the consignee (distributors) identify and quarantine the affected product and immediately return all affected product from your distributorship and from affected hospitals within your territory, review the list of hospitals included with the email notification sent to your facility, which includes a list of hospitals that have already been notified of this recall, Identify whether there are any additional hospitals that Zimmer Biomet has not notified and list these accounts on the Additional Accounts form. Please provide the form in Excel format, and If there are no additional accounts to notify, please indicate that there are no additional accounts, or indicate None or NA on the form. Risk Managers were requested to quarantine all affected product pending collection from the distributor, and to provide a copy of the notice to those to whom the product was distributed. For questions or concerns after reviewing this notice, please call customer service at 574-371-3071 between 8:00 am and 5:00pm EST, Monday through Friday. Calls received outside of call center operating hours will receive a voicemail prompt or be transferred to an on-call representative in the event of an emergency. Alternatively, your questions may be emailed to CorporateQuality.PostMarket@zimmerbiomet.com.