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Event 63075

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 22, 2012
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
SpineFrontier, Inc.

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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S-Lift Implant Guides (also known as S-LIF) Compressor Part Number: 11-50223 Product Usage: Surgical Guides allow a surgeon to place implants into tight spaces, such as a vertebral disc space, without having the implant contact the surrounding bone or tissue. In the case of S-LIFT Implant Guides, they are used to place vertebral bodies into the disc space without the body contacting the superior or inferior vertebrae.

Z-0417-2013
Recall number
Z-0417-2013
Initiated
August 22, 2012
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
SpineFrontier, Inc.
Quantity
19 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
When using the optional S-LIFT (also known as S-LIF) Implant Guides without stops, there is a known risk of moving the Implant Guides, and possibly the implant, too far into the disc space creating the potential for injury to the patient. The instructions for Use for the S-Lift Implant Guides will be amended to add the following warning: "Care is to be taken to not over insert the Implant Guides

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Reason for recall

When using the optional S-LIFT (also known as S-LIF) Implant Guides without stops, there is a known risk of moving the Implant Guides, and possibly the implant, too far into the disc space creating the potential for injury to the patient. The instructions for Use for the S-Lift Implant Guides will be amended to add the following warning: "Care is to be taken to not over insert the Implant Guides

Code information

Lot Numbers: 012064-001

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide including the states of: MA and TX.