FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

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.

Recall: Z-0417-2013 · Reported November 28, 2012

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-0417-2013
Event ID
63075
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
SpineFrontier, Inc.
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
November 28, 2012
Initiation Date
August 22, 2012
Classification Date
November 21, 2012
Termination Date
June 11, 2015
Address
500 Cummings Ctr Ste 3500, N/A, Beverly, MA, 01915-6516, United States

Description

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.

Reason

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 Info

Lot Numbers: 012064-001

Distribution

US Nationwide including the states of: MA and TX.

Quantity

19 units