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Allen Medical Systems: Radiolucent Surgery Spine Frame (F70801). Surgical platform used to position patients for lumbar spine procedures.

Recall number
Z-0642-2018
Recalling firm
Allen Medical Systems
Product
Radiolucent Surgery Spine Frame (F70801). Surgical platform used to position patients for lumbar spine procedures.
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2017-10-06
Posted
not on file
Terminated
2019-04-03
Reason
The base of the frame has the potential to crack when the patient is initially transferred to the Bow Frame.
Root cause
Device Design
Action
In October of 2017 an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter was sent to customers notifying them of the recall and requesting customers to immediately remove any frames from use that are in the serial number range subject to the recall and that a service technician will coordinate correction of the device. If the device was sent to another company, to forward the recall notice o that person or firm. If you have any questions concerning this Urgent Medical Device Correction, please contact Allen Medical Customer Service at (800) 433-5774, 8:30 5:00 pm EST.
Quantity
161 units total
Distribution
Worldwide distribution. US Nationwide, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, UAE, and UK.
Lot, serial or model codes
Serial Number: 533552 536025 536451 539585 539795 535272 536026 536452 539586 542764 535273 536027 536453 539587 544938 535274 536028 536454 539588 544939 535386 536029 536455 539589 544940 535387 536030 536456 539794 546200
510(k) numbers
not on file
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
JEB
Firm FEI
1221538
Firm city
Acton
Firm state
MA
Firm country
not on file

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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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