Fusion Nail recallZ-0890-2026 · Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG (Mfg Site) · initiated Nov 10, 2025
Open, Classified
Is my device affected?
- Compare the model, catalog and lot or serial numbers on your device or its packaging with the code information below. A recall usually covers only specific models or lots.
- If yours is listed, follow the instructions from Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG (Mfg Site) or your healthcare provider. The company's action is summarized under what the company is doing.
- Do not stop using a prescribed or implanted device on your own — talk to your healthcare provider first.
Where to find your model and lot numbers · What recall classes and statuses mean
Why it was recalled
The device has been delivered with a preassembled locking screw that had been inserted from the wrong side into the male taper of the femoral component.
FDA root cause category: Process control
What the company is doing
On November 10, 2025, URGENT: MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL letters were emailed to distributors. Actions to be taken: Please respond using the attached Distributor Reply form to indicate your understanding of this Device Recall and of the need to return the affected product. Please return the product as soon as possible to the following address: LinkBio Corporation 69 King St Dover, NJ 07801 Please contact LinkBio at 973-625-1333 or [email protected] for any questions.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-0890-2026
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated by the company
- Nov 10, 2025
- Posted by the FDA
- Dec 9, 2025
- Recalling firm
- Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG (Mfg Site)
- Quantity
- 18 units
- Product code
- KRO
- FDA submissions
- K151008
- Distribution
- US distribution to states of: AL, GA, and TX.
Product description
Endo Model Knee Fusion Nail SK, Knee Fusion Nail, Coupling Component, right, modular, L= 68 mm, Taper 10/12. Knee component of limb salvage replacement devices.
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
Item Number: 15-0028/08; UDI-DI: 04026575175222; Lot Number: 2535004;
Devices named in this recall
1 device in the FDA device registry whose identifier appears in the recall's code information.
- Fusion Nail 15-0028/08WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Uncemented1 recall1 report
Product lines
Other devices under the same FDA submission
36 devices cleared under K151008 are not named by identifier in this recall. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.
- Endo-Model SL Knee Prosthesis System 16-2817/02WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Constrained, Cemented, Metal/Polymer2 recalls0 reports
- Endo-Model SL Knee Prosthesis System 16-2817/05WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Constrained, Cemented, Metal/Polymer2 recalls0 reports
- Endo-Model SL Knee Prosthesis System 16-2817/07WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Constrained, Cemented, Metal/Polymer2 recalls0 reports
- Endo-Model SL Knee Prosthesis System 16-2817/32WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Constrained, Cemented, Metal/Polymer2 recalls0 reports
- Endo-Model SL Knee Prosthesis System 16-2817/35WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Constrained, Cemented, Metal/Polymer2 recalls0 reports
- Endo-Model SL Knee Prosthesis System 16-2817/37WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Constrained, Cemented, Metal/Polymer2 recalls0 reports
- Endo-Model SL Knee Prosthesis System 16-2840/02WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Uncemented1 recall17 reports
- Endo-Model SL Knee Prosthesis System 16-2840/05WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Uncemented1 recall12 reports
- Endo-Model SL Knee Prosthesis System 16-2840/07WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Uncemented1 recall2 reports
- Fusion Nail 15-0028/07WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Uncemented5 reports
- Endo-Model Standard Knee Prosthesis System 15-2975/12WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Uncemented2 reports
- Endo-Model SL Knee Prosthesis System 16-2855/21WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Constrained, Cemented, Metal/Polymer2 reports
Sources and updates
- Recall record: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026 · View the FDA recall notice ↗
- Devices: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Devices are linked when their identifier (with a valid check digit) appears in the recall's code information.
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.
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