Reported Dec 17, 2014 · Terminated

CVB distraction screws are bone cutting and drilling instruments that are used without a power source on a patient's…

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?

  • CVB distraction screws are bone cutting and drilling instruments that are used without a power source on a patient's skull and sold under the Symmetry Surgical, Millennium Surgical, Medfix International, CareFusion, Boss Instruments, Medline Industries, Surgical Direct, and Teleflex Medical brand names.
Lot codes and dates

86 of 86 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
CVB Distraction Screw, 12 mm, Non-Sterile
650-11438Instrumed
Trade Name: Symmetry Surgical
Symmetry Surgical Product Name: CVB Distraction Screw, 12 mm, Non-Sterile
57-5106Symmetry Surgical
Lot Number: 090109. 2) Instrumed Product Name: CVB Distraction Screw, 12 mm, Non-Sterile
650-11438Instrumed
Trade Name: Millennium Surgical
Millennium Surgical Product Name: CVB Distraction Screw, 12 mm, Non-Sterile
57-5106Millennium Surgical
Lot Number: 090109. 3) Instrumed Product Name: CVB Distraction Screw, 12 mm, Non-Sterile
650-11438Instrumed
Trade Name: Medfix International
Medfix International Product Name: CVB Distraction Screw, 12 mm, Non-Sterile
MF232-9052Medfix International
Lot Numbers: 050214, 090109, 1290018. 4) Instrumed Product Name: CVB Distraction Screw, 12 mm, Non-Sterile
650-11438Instrumed
Trade Name: CareFusion
CareFusion Product Name: CVB Distraction Screw, 12 mm, Non-Sterile
VM84-3602CareFusion
Amount recalled
790 distractor screws

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The reason these devices are being withdrawn from the market by Instrumed is that Instrumed did not market these devices prior to September 26, 1976, and therefore, does not meet all FDA requirements to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, 5:29 PM UTC

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