Reported Sep 16, 2015 · Terminated

Biomet Spine Lineum OCC Starter Flexible and Lineum Flexible Inner Shaft, Model Numbers 14-525050 and 14-525057,…

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?

  • Biomet Spine Lineum OCC Starter Flexible and Lineum Flexible Inner Shaft, Model Numbers 14-525050 and 14-525057, reusable devices distributed with bubble wrap inside a plastic pouch. The Lineum system is designed to facilitate reconstruction of the cervical and upper thoracic spine using bone screws, locking plugs, and various types of rods, hooks, and lateral connectors. One of the instruments used with this system is the Lineum Occipital Screw Starter with the inner shaft subassembly. The system comes with a fixed shaft Lineum Occipital Screw Driver, and a 90¿ driver in order to retain and drive the screw into the occipital bone.
Lot codes and dates
  • P/N 14-525050 Lot Number 001219 P/N 14-525057 Lot Number 001220
Amount recalled
49

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 has initiated a recall on Biomet Spine Lineum OCC Starter Flexible and its inner shaft instrumentsafter identifying that these instruments were distributed prior to completion of all design control activities.

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 Dec 10, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:29 PM UTC

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