The Recall Desk

Hazard

Taper Lock Failure recalls

1 recall in our database tag this hazard, drawn from FDA, USDA FSIS, CPSC, and NHTSA source notices.

What the numbers show

Total
1
Critical
0
Severe
1
Most recent
2016-11-16

Of the 1 taper lock failure recalls we have scored against our rubric, 0 (0%) are Critical — deaths or serious injuries reported, or the agency’s own highest classification — and 1 (100%) are Severe.

About this hazard tag

Hazard tags are short, machine-readable labels we attach to every recall to make cross-cutting queries possible — “all taper lock failure recalls regardless of agency”, “all listeria recalls in California”, “all airbag recalls in 2025”. The tags are extracted from each recall’s source text during the LLM rewrite step and validated against a fixed schema.

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  • SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-0378-2017·2016-11-16

    Stryker Recalls LFIT Anatomic V40 Femoral Heads Due to Taper Lock Failure

    Stryker Howmedica Osteonics is recalling specific lots of LFIT Anatomic V40 Femoral Heads because of reported taper lock failures that caused harm.

    Product
    LFIT Anatomic V40 Femoral Head, Low Friction Ion Treatment, Sterile, 36 mm, REF 6260-9-236; Modular components designed to be locked onto a femoral hip stem trunnion during surgery for total hip replacement.
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide