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Event 81645

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
November 26, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

Dossier provenance

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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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Reliance LITe Nerve Hook Bayoneted, 90, Blunt Tip, REF # 48066103 The blunt probe can be used as a conventional means of achieving nerve retraction. The bend at the proximal tip of the ring the discectomy, as well as during the insertion of an IBD during a conventional TLIF procedure.

Z-0657-2019
Recall number
Z-0657-2019
Initiated
November 26, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
Quantity
39

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Instead of having a spherical diameter, the probe was observed to have 2 radii and a flat surface. Additionally, upon further investigation, it was observed that some parts exhibited an edge on the intersection between the radius and the diameter of the probe.

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

Instead of having a spherical diameter, the probe was observed to have 2 radii and a flat surface. Additionally, upon further investigation, it was observed that some parts exhibited an edge on the intersection between the radius and the diameter of the probe.

Code information

Lot #s 183432, 183433, 183434, 17E168

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution: US Distribution to the state of: PA and countries of:: Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, and Spain.