Appliance, Fixation, Spinal Intervertebral Body

Reports per year

Source: FDA adverse event reports by year received, 2012–2026. Reporting paused during the 2026 MAUDE-to-AEMS transition and has since resumed.

Recent recalls

• 2026-04-15Open, ClassifiedProcess change control

  Brand Name: Elegance Anterior Cervical Plate Product Name: ELEGANCE 1 LEVEL CERVICAL PLATE, ELEGANCE 2 LEVEL CERVICAL PLATE, ELEGANCE 3 LEVEL CERVICAL PLATE, ELEGANCE 4 LEVEL CERVICAL PLATE Model/Catalog Number: See Excel sheet attached named "FDA 5072 Product Information" Software Version: Not applicable Product Description: The EleganceAnterior Cervical plate is designed for use as a cervical plate system. It has a shape which restores the intervertebral height and lordosis. The Elegance Anterior Cervical plate consists in a variety of shapes and sizes of cervical plates with rounded corners, featuring bone screw s holes, locking systems and bone screws. The plates go from one (1) to five (5) levels, and the screws are selfdrilling or self- tapping, and fixed or variable. The fixation is provided by the bone screws inserted into the vertebral body by means of an anterior approach. The Eleganceplates, as well as the bone screws, are made of compliant ASTM F136 Titanium alloy. It is essential to insert the implants with the instrumentation specifically designed for this purpose. For more description of the instrumentation, read the technical documentation associated to the Elegance Anterior Cervical plate. Detailed information concerning the surgical technique of the EleganceAnterior Cervical plate is available upon request, please contact CLARIANCE or its local representative.

  Due to a quality issue regarding the presence of burr on the finished cervical plate product.

• 2019-02-22TerminatedNonconforming Material/Component

  Vitality Spinal Fixation System.Spinal Intervertebral Body, Appliance, Fixation (non-sterile). Pedicle screw fixation is indicated for skeletally mature patients and for adolescent patients. For use in Orthopedic medical specialty area. Product Usage: The Vitality Shear-off Set Screw is not threading properly with the mating tulip head of the Vitality screws, hooks and connectors due to a manufacturing issue. These devices are indicated as an adjunct to fusion for various indications

  The Vitality Shear-off Set Screw is not threading properly with the mating tulip head of the Vitality screws, hooks and connectors due to a manufacturing issue.These devices are indicated as an adjunct to fusion for various indications

• 2017-05-23TerminatedError in labeling

  Opteryx Variable Rescue Screw, Part #CP2214, UDI: *+M711CP22140/$$801716012*. Packaged in heat-sealed plastic bag. Product Usage: 4.5mm x 14mm Anterior Cervical Plate System Variable Rescue Screw. The Opteryx Cervical Plate System is intended as a temporary fixation device used for correction and stabilization of the cervical spine. Variable angle screws are included to allow the physician greater flexibility when placing the plates and securing it to the vertebrae.

  Opteryx Variable Rescue Screws are engraved with incorrect (larger) size (16 instead of 14).

• 2017-04-26TerminatedUse error

  uNion Cervical Plate System Product Usage: The uNion Cervical Plate System is intended for anterior fixation of the cervical spine (C2 to Ti). The system is to be used to provide stabilization of the anterior cervical spine as an adjunct to fusion for the treatment of degenerative disc disease (defined as neck pain of discogenic origin with the degeneration of the disc confirmed by history and radiographic studies), spondylolisthesis, trauma (i.e., fractures or dislocations), tumors, spinal stenosis, deformity (i.e., kyphosis, lordosis or scoliosis), pseudarthrosis or failed previous fusion.

  Surgical technique was revised to prevent static plate screws blocking mechanisms from disassociating.

• 2016-12-22TerminatedProcess change control

  Black Widow Plate 19mm Plate, Part Number TBP119; Black Widow Plate 23mm Plate, Part Number TBP123 The Black Widow Buttress Plates and Screws are designed for preventing migration or expulsion of allograft or autograft in the thoracolumbar to S1 Spinal region

  There is a problem with the mating feature between the plate and screw which could cause the plate opening not to interfere enough with the plate and head of the screw.

• 2016-12-22TerminatedProcess change control

  Black Widow 6.6mm x 20mm Screw, Part Number TBS020; Black Widow 6.6mm x 25mm Screw, Part Number TBS025; Black Widow 6.6mm x 30mm Screw, Part Number TBS030 The Black Widow Buttress Plates and Screws are designed for preventing migration or expulsion of allograft or autograft in the thoracolumbar to S1 Spinal region

  There is a problem with the mating feature between the plate and screw which could cause the plate opening not to interfere enough with the plate and head of the screw.

• 2016-04-20TerminatedPackaging process control

  Cervical Spine Locking Plate (CSLP) System, 4mm Cancellous Self Tapping Screw, Length 16mm Lot # 9666776 and 4mm Cortex Standard Screw, Length 16mm Lot # 9671879

  DePuy Synthes is initiating a Voluntary Medical Device Recall of lot # 9666776 and 9671879 of Cancellous and Cortex 4.0 mm Screws, which are a part of the Cervical Spine Locking Plate (CSLP) System due to discovery of a single lot of 450.136 screws (4mm Cancellous Self Tapping Screw, Length 16mm, lot 9666776) being swapped with a single lot of 450.016 (4mm Cortex Standard Screw, length 16 mm, lot 9671879).

• 2015-12-21TerminatedDevice Design

  Aegis Torque Handle CATALOG NO. : 2871-10-800. A spinal surgical instrument used on the AEGIS Anterior Lumbar Plate System.

  Manufacturing error within the Torque Handle may prohibit some handles from being able to fully assemble with the tightener shaft. The design of the inspection gage does not account for the additional shift length

• 2015-11-03TerminatedLabeling mix-ups

  MaxAn 4.0mm and 4.5mm fixed screws, used in the MaxAn Anterior Cervical Plate System. The MaxAn Anterior Cervical Plate System is a decompression-based technique for cervical spine stabilization.

  The packaging of 4.5 mm diameter MaxAn screws identifies/labels the screws as 4.0 mm diameter screws.

• 2015-09-09TerminatedLabeling mix-ups

  Biomet Parsippany, NJ. 4 0 MM X 14 MM Variable Screw C-Tek Maxan Anterior Cervical Plate System. Lot 375440.

  Some of P/N 14-521614B Lot 375440 was mislabeled as P/N 14-521614 Lot 375440.