Reported Dec 17, 2014 · Terminated

Cushing perforating drills are bone cutting and drilling instruments that are used without a power source on a…

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?

  • Cushing perforating drills are bone cutting and drilling instruments that are used without a power source on a patient's skull and sold under the Boss Instruments, Symmetry Surgical, Medfix International, Stealth Surgical, and CareFusion brand names.
Lot codes and dates

26 of 26 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
Cushing Perforating, Drill, 3/8", 10 mm
600-00509Instrumed
Trade Name: Boss Industries
Boss Industries Product Name: Cushing Perforating, Drill, 3/8", 10 mm
74-0100Boss Industries
Lot Number: 110211. 2) Instrumed Product Name: Cushing Perforating, Drill, 1/2", 13 mm
600-00514Instrumed
Trade Name: Symmetry Surgical
Symmetry Surgical Product Name: Cushing Perforating, Drill, 1/2", 13 mm
57-6034Symmetry Surgical
Lot Number: 060212. 3) Instrumed Product Name: Cushing Perforating, Drill, 1/2", 13 mm
600-00514Instrumed
Trade Name: Medfix International
Medfix International Product Name: Cushing Perforating, Drill, 1/2", 13 mm
MF223-1577Medfix International
Lot Number: 060212. 4) Instrumed Product Name: Cushing Perforating, Drill, 1/2", 13 mm
600-00514Instrumed
Trade Name: Stealth Surgical
Stealth Surgical Product Name: Cushing Perforating, Drill, 1/2", 13 mm
SS2122Stealth Surgical
Amount recalled
9 perforating drills

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The reason these devices are being withdrawn from the market by Instrumed is that Instrumed did not market these devices prior to September 26, 1976, and therefore, does not meet all FDA requirements to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, 5:36 PM UTC

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