Reported Dec 17, 2014 · Terminated

Gardner-Wells traction tongs are skull tongs for traction used to immobilize a patient with a cervical spine injury…

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?

  • Gardner-Wells traction tongs are skull tongs for traction used to immobilize a patient with a cervical spine injury (e.g., fracture or dislocation) and sold under the Millenium Surgical, Echo Instruments, Adler Instrument, Surgical Direct, Stealth Surgical, CareFusion, and Boss Instruments brand names.
Lot codes and dates

136 of 136 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
Gardner-Wells Traction Tongs Complete
630-05401Instrumed
Trade Name: Millenium Surgical
Millenium Surgical Product Name: Gardner-Wells Traction Tongs Complete
12-661025Millenium Surgical
Lot Numbers: 040313, 070512. 2) Instrumed Product Name: Gardner-Wells Traction Tongs Complete
630-05401Instrumed
Trade Name: Echo Instruments
Echo Instruments Product Name: Gardner-Wells Traction Tongs Complete
576-804Echo Instruments
Lot Numbers: 050413, 110212. 3) Instrumed Product Name: Gardner-Wells Traction Tongs Complete
630-05401Instrumed
Trade Name: Millenium Surgical
Millenium Surgical Product Name: Gardner-Wells Traction Tongs Complete
6-1945Millenium Surgical
Lot Numbers: 030314, 040313, 050413, 110212. 4) Instrumed Product Name: Gardner-Wells Traction Tongs Complete
630-05401Instrumed
Trade Name: Adler Instrument
Adler Instrument Product Name: Gardner-Wells Traction Tongs Complete
ADR1945Adler Instrument
Amount recalled
190 Gardner-Wells traction tongs

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The reason these devices are being withdrawn from the market by Instrumed is that Instrumed did not market these devices prior to September 26, 1976, and therefore, does not meet all FDA requirements to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, 6:15 PM UTC

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