Reported Sep 2, 2020 · Terminated

ALTERA Spacer ALTERA Spacer, 10x31, 9-13mm, 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
    • 10x31
    • 9-13mm
    • 8¿
Lot codes and dates

8 of 8 products

Products covered by this recall
#BarcodesProduct as published
11124.1112
200889095069686Lot # / UDI #: BAX137PE / (01)00889095069686(10)BAX137PE
300889095069686BAX167SE / (01)00889095069686(10)BAX167SE
400889095069686BAX178FE / (01)00889095069686(10)BAX178FE
500889095069686BAX208LE / (01)00889095069686(10)BAX208LE
600889095069686BAX250CE / (01)00889095069686(10)BAX250CE
700889095069686BAX348CE / (01)00889095069686(10)BAX348CE
800889095069686BAX431NE / (01)00889095069686(10)BAX431NE
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, 6:50 PM UTC

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