Reported Dec 17, 2014 · Terminated

Hudson braces are bone cutting and drilling instruments that are used without a power source on a patient's skull and…

Instrumed International, Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Instrumed International, Inc. · 626 Cooper Ct · Schaumburg, IL · 60173-4537

Is this the product you have?

  • Hudson braces are bone cutting and drilling instruments that are used without a power source on a patient's skull and sold under the Teleflex Medical, Boss Instruments, Symmetry Surgical, and CareFusion brand names.
Lot codes and dates

12 of 12 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
P-22880
600-00479Lot Number: 110212. 2) Instrumed Product Name: Hudson Brace, snap lock chuck; Instrumed ; Trade Name: Boss Instruments; Boss Instruments Product Name: Hudson Brace, snap lock chuck; Boss Instruments
74-0121
600-00484Lot Number: 110212. 3) Instrumed Product Name: Hudson Brace Only; Instrumed ; Trade Name: Symmetry Surgical; Symmetry Surgical Product Name: Hudson Brace Only; Symmetry Surgical
57-6004
600-00484Lot Number: 060414. 4) Instrumed Product Name: Hudson Brace Only; Instrumed ; Trade Name: Teleflex Medical; Teleflex Medical Product Name: Hudson Brace Only; Teleflex Medical
P-22881
600-00484Lot Number: 100211. 5) Instrumed Product Name: Hudson Brace Only; Instrumed ; Trade Name: CareFusion; CareFusion Product Name: Hudson Brace Only; CareFusion
VM85-1233
600-00484Lot Number: 100211. 6) Instrumed Product Name: Hudson Brace Only; Instrumed ; Trade Name: Boss Instruments; v Product Name: Hudson Brace Only with Tumb Screw Lock; Boss Instruments
74-0122
Lot Number: 100211.
Amount recalled
8 Hudson braces

This recall covers 28 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 27 are below.

15 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

The reason these devices are being withdrawn from the market by Instrumed is that Instrumed did not market these devices prior to September 26, 1976, and therefore, does not meet all FDA requirements to market the devices as "Pre-Amendment" devices.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Nov 29, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:06 PM UTC

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