Reported Jan 15, 2014 · Terminated

Anspach BLACKMAX-N (Pneumatic motor) and Autolube III (Foot Control). Cutting and shaping bone.

The Anspach Effort, 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: The Anspach Effort, Inc. · 4500 Riverside Drive · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 33410-4235

Is this the product you have?

  • Anspach BLACKMAX-N (Pneumatic motor) and Autolube III (Foot Control). Cutting and shaping bone.
Lot codes and dates
  • Serial # 1934, 3135, 50229989-3, and 31496704 (BLACKMAX-N) Serial # 80017906 (Foot Control)
Amount recalled
4 ( BLACKMAX-N) and 1 (Foot Control)

This recall covers 7 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 6 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Anspach was contacted by a hospital to inform Anspach that a Blackmax motor had been used in a case where the patient was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD).

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 Apr 18, 2016 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:47 PM UTC

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