FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
DePuy Spine, Inc.: Depuy Spine Mountaineer OCT Spinal System Screw Caddy Set, , Non Sterile Product Code: 2883-90-400 The MOUNTAINEER Screw caddy is intended to act as a holder in an implant set for implantable screws prior to use in surgery. Further, the caddy provides a means to organize the screws in accordance with the length of the screws.
- Recall number
- Z-0818-2011
- Recalling firm
- DePuy Spine, Inc.
- Product
- Depuy Spine Mountaineer OCT Spinal System Screw Caddy Set, , Non Sterile Product Code: 2883-90-400 The MOUNTAINEER Screw caddy is intended to act as a holder in an implant set for implantable screws prior to use in surgery. Further, the caddy provides a means to organize the screws in accordance with the length of the screws.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2010-10-02
- Posted
- 2010-12-27
- Terminated
- 2011-04-15
- Reason
- The scale which serves as a secondary means of identifying screw length is incorrectly etched on the screw caddy
- Root cause
- Labeling design
- Action
- Depuy Spine issued an "URGENT-VOLUNTARY PRODUCT RECALL NOTIFICATION" via e-mail on October 2, 2010 to customers. The notification describes the product, problem and action to be taken by customers. The customers were instructed to please distribute this information to appropriate personnel at their facility and return any caddies that they may have to their local distributor for DePuy Spine products. Depuy will return devices to customer promptly (within two business days), after reworking the devices by removing the scale altogether. Once the product is fully corrected, Depuy will provide the customers with a new and updated unit with the corrected scale markings. If you should have any questions or concerns regarding this action, please contact DePuy Spine Customers Service at 800-227-6633.
- Quantity
- 121 units
- Distribution
- Nationwide distribution: USA including states of: AR, AZ, CA, FL, HI, IA, IL, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NY OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, and WA.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Not lot coded
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LRP
- Firm FEI
- 1526439
- Firm city
- Raynham
- Firm state
- MA
- Firm country
- not on file
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
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28