Reported Sep 2, 2020 · Terminated

ALTERA Spacer ALTERA Spacer, 10x26, 8-12mm, 8¿

Globus Medical, 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: Globus Medical, Inc. · 2560 General Armistead Ave · Audubon, PA · 19403-5214

Is this the product you have?

    • ALTERA Spacer ALTERA Spacer
    • 10x26
    • 8-12mm
    • 8¿
Lot codes and dates

18 of 18 products

Products covered by this recall
#BarcodesProduct as published
11124.1011
200889095258356Lot #/ UDI #: BAX112RE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX112RE
300889095258356BAX125YE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX125YE
400889095258356BAX134BE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX134BE
500889095258356BAX095YE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX095YE
600889095258356BAX177TE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX177TE
700889095258356BAX177RE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX177RE
800889095258356BAX185AE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX185AE
900889095258356BAX096AE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX096AE
1000889095258356BAX167ME / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX167ME
1100889095258356BAX195UE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX195UE
1200889095258356BAX209SE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX209SE
1300889095258356BAX209TE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX209TE
1400889095258356BAX244HE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX244HE
1500889095258356BAX250DE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX250DE
1600889095258356BAX299JE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX299JE
1700889095258356BAX398VE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX398VE
1800889095258356BAX431TE / (01)00889095258356(10)BAX156LE
Amount recalled
N/A

This recall covers 22 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 21 are below.

9 more are in the archive.

Why it was recalled

Specific lots of ALTERA¿ implants have internal components that may have been manufactured using stainless steel rather than the specified cobalt chromium molybdenum alloy.

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 19, 2021 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:17 PM UTC

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