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Editorial policy: Zimmer has made every effort to source referenced material from health professionals. Other content is prepared by qualified Zimmer employees. Zimmer operates to the applicable standards of the European Medical Device Directive (EU93/42), all applicable regulations promulgated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has implemented a quality system in compliance with the applicable requirements of ISO 13485 and the U.S. FDA's Quality System Regulation. These set out quality requirements which are specific to medical devices. The standard for human resources, to which the company subscribes, states that "personnel performing work affecting product quality shall be competent on the basis of appropriate education, training, skills and experience."

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Copyright Complaints

If you believe that your copyrighted work is being infringed by anyone making use of Zimmer, Inc. computer systems, you may notify our Designated Agent listed below with the following information:

  1. a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  2. identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
  3. identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
  4. information reasonably sufficient to permit Zimmer, Inc. to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
  5. a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  6. a statement that the information in the Notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Written Notification containing the below information in complete form must be submitted to our Designated Agent:

Name
Title
Mailing Address
Title
Mailing Address
Telephone Number
Facsimile Number
Email Address

This information can be sent by e-mail to zimmer.consumerrelations@zimmer.com or by fax to 574-372-4759.

This contact information is only for reporting copyright infringement, and unrelated inquiries may not receive a response.  Contact information for other matters is provided elsewhere on this site.

Upon receipt of the Notification containing the complete and accurate information listed above, Zimmer, Inc. shall:

  1. remove or disable access to the material that is alleged to be infringing;
  2. forward the written Notification to such alleged infringer; and
  3. take reasonable steps to promptly notify the alleged infringer that it has removed or disabled access to the material.

If an alleged infringer wishes to respond to notice and take down of infringing material, he/she may file Counter Notification, a written communication provided to the Designated Agent that includes substantially the following:

  1. a physical or electronic signature of the alleged infringer;
  2. identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
  3. a statement under penalty of perjury that the alleged infringer has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled;
  4. the Alleged infringer's name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the Alleged infringer consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the Alleged infringer's address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the Service Provider may be found, and that the Alleged infringer will accept service of process from the person who provided notification or an agent of such person.

Upon receipt of a Counter Notification containing the above information, Zimmer, Inc. shall:

  1. provide the Complaining Party with a copy of the Counter Notification;
  2. inform the Complaining Party that it will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it within ten (10) business days;
  3. replace the removed material or cease disabling access to the material within ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days following receipt of the Counter Notification, provided Service Provider's Designated Agent has not received notice from the Complaining Party that an action has been filed seeking a court order to restrain Alleged infringer from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on Zimmer, Inc.'s network or system.