Reported Aug 14, 2013 · Terminated

Drill Guide - Chameleon FacetFuse Fixation System, Model: 11-00028 Rev. A FacetFuse Drill Guides were designed to…

SpineFrontier, 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: SpineFrontier, Inc. · 500 Cummings Ctr Ste 3500 · Beverly, MA · 01915-6516

Is this the product you have?

  • Drill Guide - Chameleon FacetFuse Fixation System
  • Model11-00028 Rev. A FacetFuse Drill Guides were designed to provide a concentric pathway for the drills and taps to access the bone while protecting the soft tissue from the cutting geometry of the drills/taps. In addition the drill guide is used as a reference to measure depth that the drills and taps are protruding into bone, which is measured by depth markings at the proximal end of the drills/taps relative to the proximal end of the drill guide. These devices were used during implantation of spinal intervertebral body fusion devices intended for intervertebral body fusion of the spine of skeletally mature patients
Lot codes and dates
    • 2520301
    • 2520307
Amount recalled
13 drill guides

This recall covers 5 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 4 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Prior to use in surgery, the Drill Guides were presenting noticeable degrees of denting and/or bending. As a result, drills and taps could not be directed down guides during surgery due to mechanical interference.

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 Jun 5, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:32 PM UTC

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