Reported Jul 11, 2012 · Terminated

Depuy Spine Side Fire Needles 11G X 4IN, part of the Confidence Spinal Cement System Product Code: 283904411. The…

DePuy Mitek, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Co.

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: DePuy Mitek, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Co. · 325 Paramount Dr · Raynham, MA · 02767

Is this the product you have?

  • Depuy Spine Side Fire Needles 11G X 4IN, part of the Confidence
  • Spinal Cement System Product Code283904411. The Confidence Side Fire Needle is used to place bone cement in an intra-vertebral fashion at a desired location. the cement extrudes fro the needle through a port on the side of the needle
Lot codes and dates
  • All lots
Amount recalled
704 units

This recall covers 4 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 3 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Additional Instructions for Use and Surgical Technique for the Confidence Needle due to reports of breakage with the side fire needles

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 Aug 4, 2016 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:26 PM UTC

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