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Event 83777

1 recalled-product record grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 02, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
K2M, 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

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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device · product 1 of 1

K2M Special Connector Instruments (Special Connector, Special Adaptor, and Quick Adaptor) Product Usage: Special Connector Instruments include an additional feature on their shafts that enable surgeon users to combine them with non-K2M navigation systems as part of their standard surgical technique.

Z-0052-2020
Recall number
Z-0052-2020
Initiated
December 02, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
K2M, Inc
Quantity
503

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Instruments were developed without adequate consideration given to the need for a new regulatory filing. This event was reported to FDA as part of Stryker's retrospective review of K2M product field actions; recall actions were completed in 2017.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Instruments were developed without adequate consideration given to the need for a new regulatory filing. This event was reported to FDA as part of Stryker's retrospective review of K2M product field actions; recall actions were completed in 2017.

Code information

All product lots in distribution as of December 1, 2016, are in scope.

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide Distribution in the states of AL CA CO CT FL FL IL IN KS MA MI MN PA TN TX UT VA