FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Pro-Med Instruments Gmbh: pmi, pro med instruments, DORO(R) Sterile Disposable Skull Pins, 3 pieces (3 pieces per blister, 12 blisters per box), STERILE R, Rx ONLY The DORO(R) Skull Pins are inserted into the receptacles of the skull clamp and fixate the head during surgery.
- Recall number
- Z-0193-2018
- Recalling firm
- Pro-Med Instruments Gmbh
- Product
- pmi, pro med instruments, DORO(R) Sterile Disposable Skull Pins, 3 pieces (3 pieces per blister, 12 blisters per box), STERILE R, Rx ONLY The DORO(R) Skull Pins are inserted into the receptacles of the skull clamp and fixate the head during surgery.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2017-11-02
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2018-07-11
- Reason
- The firm received reports of two breakages of the pin tips which occurred during two identical surgery procedures. The breakage occurred at the very distal end of the conical part of the skull pin tip.
- Root cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Action
- Pro-Med Instruments Gmbh initiated their recall by email on October 30, 2017. The recall notice stated the following: " Actions to be taken by the customer I user: Review this notification and ensure that all users of the affected products are informed of this urgent field safety notice. If you have transferred the affected products to third parties, please forward a copy of this letter or inform the below mentioned contact person. Customers were instructed to check their stock for any affected products If you have any affected products on stock, please quarantine them and send the products back to us. You will receive a replacement as soon as we have received your "Acknowledgement and Receipt Form" and know your current stock. Check any products or records of the affected LOTs used prior to receipt of this field safety notice if the tips have been intact after the surgery. If the tips have not been intact, ensure that any remaining parts are removed from the patient. There are no further specific patient monitoring actions necessary related to this Field Safety Notice. If after reviewing this notification you have any further questions or queries please discuss them with your pro med instruments sales representative Please complete the attachment "Acknowledgement and Receipt Form" and return by Fax or email (see under nr. 8. below) to pro med instruments GmbH to confirm receipt by the 10th of November 2017 at the latest."
- Quantity
- 1142 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) Internationally to Germany, Saudi Arabia, France, United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, Ireland, South Africa, Hungary, India, Spain, Italy, Japan, and Canada
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lots: 17041 and 17272
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K001808"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- HBL
- Firm FEI
- 3003923584
- Firm city
- Freiburg Im Breisgau
- Firm state
- not on file
- Firm country
- Germany
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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