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Event 78839

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 22, 2017
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA Inc

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • 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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device · product 1 of 1

Medtronic ANGLED DRILL, REF 6630902, QTY: 1 EA Rx only

Z-0566-2018
Recall number
Z-0566-2018
Initiated
December 22, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
2 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Medtronic has discovered the product lot in question was noted as having a longer drill tip extension than what is indicated on the print specification.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Medtronic has discovered the product lot in question was noted as having a longer drill tip extension than what is indicated on the print specification.

Code information

UDI: 00643169363502, Lot Number EM17F015

Distribution pattern

MN, NC