Device recall: ShapeMatch Cutting Guides Product Usage: The ShapeMatch Cutting Guides are intended to be used as patient-specific…

Class I FDA enforcement event 64308. Recall start date: 8 Nov 2012. Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: 11 Jan 2021.

Reason for recall, in the words of FDA

With regards to ShapeMatch Cutting Guides using MRI Imaging, Stryker Orthopaedics has become aware that there are potential issues associated with internal processes for planning cases and producing ShapeMatch Cutting Guides.

Class I, in the words of FDA

a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death

Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp. started this device recall on 8 Nov 2012. The firm address in the FDA record is in Mahwah, NJ. FDA put the recall in Class I. FDA event 64308 has 1 product record. The first FDA enforcement report date is 24 Apr 2013. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 11 Jan 2021.

FDA enforcement report The 1 product record

It is important to note that most of the time recall classifications are determined after the recalling firm provides all of the information needed to determine the risk posed to public health. The classification and posting in the FDA Enforcement Report should not be seen as an expansion or change to a firm’s voluntary public warning.
FDA publishes these words. Source: FDA, Enforcement Reports, Important Note, read on 1 Oct 2026. openFDA export of 28 Sep 2026.

Distribution

In the words of FDA.

USA Nationwide Distribution

Recalling firm

Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ.

Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.

FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.

Products

1 product record in the event.

FDA event 64308: product records
Recall number	Product	Quantity	Class	Status	Report date
Z-1052-2013	ShapeMatch Cutting Guides Product Usage: The ShapeMatch Cutting Guides are intended to be used as patient-specific surgical instrumentation to assist in the positioning of total knee arthroplasty components intraoperatively and in guiding the marking of bone before cutting.	7868 units	Class I	Terminated	24 Apr 2013

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Class I: The highest of the three FDA recall classes.

The event in context

Device events that started in 2012: 823
Share of these events in Class I: 5%
Product records in this event: 1Median of the firm: 1
Events of the firm on the register: 59

Other events of the firm

Other FDA enforcement events of Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
Initiated	Product (first record)	Type	Class	Records
26 Apr 2017	Hoffmann LRF Safety Clip (Bone Transport Strut), 14 x 12 x 5 mm, REF 4933-0-401, NDC (01)07613327131475(10)V07241 Produc	Device	Class II	1
2 Dec 2016	Reunion TSA Peg Alignment Sound Catalog #5901-1038 The Peg Alignment Sound (PIN 5901-1038, Revision A) is an instrument	Device	Class II	1
9 Nov 2016	GAM Kirschner Wire, Sterile R, T2 K-Wire, Sterile R and T2 K-Wire Recon, Stryker Trauma GmbH, Prof.-Kuntscher-Strasse 1-	Device	Class II	1
29 Aug 2016	LFIT Anatomic V40 Femoral Head, Low Friction Ion Treatment, Sterile, 36 mm, REF 6260-9-236; Modular components designed	Device	Class II	1
18 Aug 2016	Stryker Orthopaedics Universal Acetabular Cup Positioner/Impactor, REF 2101-0200, Non-Sterile, Howmedica Osteonics Corp.	Device	Class II	1
1 Aug 2016	Stryker Orthopaedics Patella Assembly Instrument, REF 3182-1000, Non-Sterile, NDC (01) 07613327215854 (10) The Scorpio P	Device	Class II	1
1 Jul 2016	Orthopedic manual surgical instrument Usage: Exeter Rasp Handle is a reusable instrument which is part of the Exeter fem	Device	Class II	1
30 Jun 2016	Supracondylar Nail T2 SCN 09x300 mm T2 Supracondylar Nail System is intended to provide strong and stable internal fixat	Device	Class II	2
23 Jun 2016	Stryker Orthopaedics Modular Handle Triathlon Instruments, Non-Sterile, REF 6541-4-808, Lot 123, NDC M546654148080S Prod	Device	Class II	1
23 Jun 2016	Stryker Orthopaedics Specialty Triathlon Tibial Alignment Handle with Secondary Lock, Non-Sterile, Used to complement or	Device	Class II	1

Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp.: all 59 events

Official channels

FDA enforcement report Z-1052-2013The FDA record of the first product of this event.
FDA: recalls, market withdrawals and safety alertsThe recall notices on the FDA site.
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Cite this page

Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 64308. https://recallregister.com/fda/i/64308/. Source: openFDA enforcement reports. Data through 28 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: openFDA device enforcement reports
Licence: CC0 1.0
Export date: 28 Sep 2026
Newest FDA report date on the register: 23 Sep 2026

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Questions

Where was the product distributed?: The FDA record gives this distribution: USA Nationwide Distribution
What quantity of product is in FDA event 64308?: The FDA record gives this quantity: 7868 units
How did the recall start?: The FDA record says: Voluntary: Firm initiated
How many device recalls of 2012 have the same class?: 5% of the 823 device events that started in 2012 are in Class I.