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Stryker 3.0MM Neuro Match Head Recall: Package Label Mismatch Risk

Stryker recalls 3.0MM Neuro Match Heads with potential label mismatch between package and outer label, risking incorrect surgical device use during neurosurgery.

🇺🇸 FDA recall #Z-0981-2025Medical deviceStryker ›
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Recalling firmStryker Corporation1941 Stryker Way · Portage, MI 49002-9711
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Stryker is recalling a specific neurosurgical tool that may have a mismatch between the package and outer label. This could lead to using the wrong device during surgery, which is serious for patients. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/57768-stryker-3-0mm-neuro-match-head-recall-package-label-mismatch.

Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/57768-stryker-3-0mm-neuro-match-head-recall-package-label-mismatch · Updated August 19, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #Z-0981-2025

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“Stryker 3.0MM Neuro Match Head Recall: Package Label Mismatch Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated August 19, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/57768-stryker-3-0mm-neuro-match-head-recall-package-label-mismatch. Based on FDA recall #Z-0981-2025 (https://api.fda.gov/device/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22Z-0981-2025%22&limit=1).

The FDA announced on June 28, 2023, that Stryker Corporation voluntarily recalled stryker 3.0MM Neuro Match Head devices due to potential mismatch between the device inside the package and the outer label. The agency issued recall number Z-0981-2025 for the Class II device distributed worldwide.

How to tell if you have it

  • stryker 3.0MM Neuro Match Head, REF 5820-107-430
  • UPC 04546540467775
  • Lot Number 22174017

The hazard

According to the FDA, there is potential the device inside the package may not match the product information on the outer label. For example, the label may state REF 5820-107-430 but the package contains a 5820-107-530 device or vice versa.

Context

GovInfoNow's records show Stryker Corporation has 34 other recalls on record since November 17, 2017. Recent Stryker recalls include a June 8, 2026 recall for leaking handpieces and a May 6, 2026 recall for an electrical shock risk in the Neptune Smart Docking Station. Other recent recalls of similar products include the July 13, 2026 Straumann GM Helix Dental Implant Recall for packaging mismatch risk, the December 19, 2025 Tornier Perip Screw Recall for incorrect labeling, and the January 5, 2026 Encore Medical EMPOWR Acetabular System Recall for packaging discrepancy.

How to tell if you have this one

Check for the product code 5820-107-430 on the outer label and the package. The device was sold with GTIN 04546540467775 and Lot Number 22174017.

  • Brand
    Stryker
  • Product
    stryker 3.0MM Neuro Match Head, REF 5820-107-430, used to cut bone and bone cement during neurosurgery
  • Category
    Medical device
FDA recall event · 2 products

All 2 products in this recall

FDA lists each product line separately under one recall event. Check your product description, lot or code numbers against each row. Every row shares the hazard and remedy on this page.

  • Classification
    Class II
  • Status
    Ongoing
  • Distribution
    Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of UK, Netherlands, New Zealand.
Recall numberProduct, codes & lotsQuantity
Z-0981-2025stryker 3.0MM Neuro Match Head, REF 5820-107-430, used to cut bone and bone cement during neurosurgery; GTIN 04546540467775, Lot Number 22174017464 units
Z-0982-2025stryker 3.0MM Precision Neuro Match Head, REF 5820-107-530, used to cut bone and bone cement during neurosurgery; GTIN 07613154028177, Lot Numbers: 22179047, 22179027, 221600171489 units
Based on the official FDA remedy

What to do — step by step

  1. Check Package Label

    Compare the product code on the outer label with the package to ensure they match (e.g., 5820-107-430 vs. 5820-107-530).

Where it went and when

Where it was distributed

Distributed nationwide, and outside the U.S.

Alaska: yesAKMaine: yesMEVermont: yesVTNew Hampshire: yesNHWashington: yesWAIdaho: yesIDMontana: yesMTNorth Dakota: yesNDMinnesota: yesMNIllinois: yesILWisconsin: yesWIMichigan: yesMINew York: yesNYRhode Island: yesRIMassachusetts: yesMAOregon: yesORNevada: yesNVWyoming: yesWYSouth Dakota: yesSDIowa: yesIAIndiana: yesINOhio: yesOHPennsylvania: yesPANew Jersey: yesNJConnecticut: yesCTCalifornia: yesCAUtah: yesUTColorado: yesCONebraska: yesNEMissouri: yesMOKentucky: yesKYWest Virginia: yesWVVirginia: yesVAMaryland: yesMDDelaware: yesDEArizona: yesAZNew Mexico: yesNMKansas: yesKSArkansas: yesARTennessee: yesTNNorth Carolina: yesNCSouth Carolina: yesSCDistrict of Columbia: yesDCOklahoma: yesOKLouisiana: yesLAMississippi: yesMSAlabama: yesALGeorgia: yesGAHawaii: yesHITexas: yesTXFlorida: yesFL

FDA distribution: “Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of UK, Netherlands, New Zealand.” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.

Distributed nationwide, and outside the U.S.

Recall timeline

FDA published this recall 19 months after the firm started it.

1. Firm started the recall: Jun 28, 202312. FDA classified it Class II: Jan 17, 202523. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report: Jan 29, 2025320232025
  1. Firm started the recall
  2. FDA classified it Class II
  3. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report

Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.

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  • Official source: FDA Recall #Z-0981-2025 (June 28, 2023) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for Z-0981-2025 to see it in context.
  • Plain-language summary written by qwen3:4b on August 19, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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