# K960278: Cobalt-Chromium-Molybdenum (CO-CR-MO) Alloy Femoral Heads W/CO-Nidium Surface Treatment

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Zimmer, Inc.
- Decided: Jul 25, 1996 after 188 days
- Product code: JDI (Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Cemented)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.3350
- Recalls of this device: 4 (0 Class I)
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 1 device in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.
- (no number) Harris/Galante Porous Total Hip: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) Enhanced Modular Austin Moore Hip Prosthesis: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) HG MultiLock™ Hip Prosthesis With 7i-Nidium® Surface Hardening Process: named in the summary without a submission number
- (no number) MG II® Total Knee System with 7i-Nidium Surface Hardening Process: named in the summary without a submission number

## Recalls of this device
- Jan 11, 2016 · Class II · Z-1109-2016: As a result of the insufficient sealer calibration data for product packaged in firm's Building II between August 2010 and April 2013. The affected products are sterile.
- Jan 11, 2016 · Class II · Z-1162-2016: As a result of the insufficient sealer calibration data for product packaged in firm's Building II between August 2010 and April 2013. The affected products are sterile.
- Jul 22, 2014 · Class II · Z-2548-2014: Zimmer is recalling sterile-packaged implants and instruments packaged in six different package configurations due to packaging design verification test failures. Specifically, multiple test samples f
- Oct 11, 2013 · Class II · Z-1033-2014: Zimmer recently conducted a review of all historic packaging validations at its Zimmer Manufacturing B.V. (ZMBV) facility in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Based on this review, it was determined that the packag

## Indications for use
Femoral heads are single-use devices that are mated via a press-fit tapered neck with titanium or cobalt-chrome alloy femoral stems in total and hemi-hip arthroplasty procedures.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K960278
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology