FDAAugust 2, 2017device
Firebird NXG Spinal Fixation System Decorticating Planer, Catalog #36-1334, non-sterile, Rx. .A Decorticating Planer is used to decorticate bone surrounding the spherical head of an implanted bone screw in order to provide clearance to allow for proper seating of the modular body, as well as to p...
Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
The hazard
The plastic core of the Decorticating Planer was found to be missing, which could result in scoring of the bone screw neck if used at or beyond a 23 degree angle.
What to do
FDA enforcement status: Terminated
Brands named
orthofix
Recall history
Other federal recalls tied to the same brand — a factual pattern, straight from the source data.
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