Reported Feb 18, 2015 · Terminated

Timberline Cranial Caudal and Posterior Blades, 40 - 180mm Model # 8734-2XXX, 8734-5XXX is a reusable device provided…

Biomet Spine, LLC

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: Biomet Spine, LLC · 310 Interlocken Pkwy Ste 120 · Broomfield, CO · 80021-3464

Is this the product you have?

  • Timberline Cranial Caudal and Posterior Blades, 40 - 180mm Model # 8734-2XXX, 8734-5XXX is a reusable device provided within an aluminum sterilization tray along with other instruments for use in a Timberline procedure Timberline Anchored Lateral Retractable Drills are used with the Timberline Lateral System to establish access into the vertebrae for the screws utilized to anchor the plate to the vertebrae.
Lot codes and dates
    • Model #8734-2XXX
    • 8734-5XXX. Lot #L556219
  • Product Code8734-2060, CC Blade, 60mm 8734-2070, CC Blade, 70mm 8734-2080, CC Blade, 80mm 8734-2090, CC Blade, 90mm 8734-2100, CC Blade, 100mm 8734-2110, CC Blade, 110mm 8734-2120, CC Blade, 120mm 8734-2130, CC Blade, 130mm 8734-2140, CC Blade, 140mm 8734-2150, CC Blade, 150mm 8734-2160, CC Blade, 160mm 8734-2170, CC Blade, 170mm 8734-2180, CC Blade, 180mm 8734-5050, Posterior Blade, 50mm 8734-5060, Posterior Blade, 60mm 8734-5070, Posterior Blade, 70mm 8734-5080, Posterior Blade, 80mm 8734-5090, Posterior Blade, 90mm 8734-5100, Posterior Blade, 100mm 8734-5110, Posterior Blade, 110mm 8734-5120, Posterior Blade, 120mm 8734-5130, Posterior Blade, 130mm 8734-5140, Posterior Blade, 140mm 8734-5150, Posterior Blade, 150mm 8734-5160, Posterior Blade, 160mm 8734-5170, Posterior Blade, 170mm 8734-5180, Posterior Blade, 180mm
Amount recalled
213

This recall covers 2 products

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

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Biomet Spine, LLC is recalling the Timberline Cranial Caudal and Posterior Blades, 40-180mm due to oversize of the set screw hex feature.

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 Mar 23, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:18 PM UTC

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