FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Ebi, Llc: Solitaire-C Cervical Spacer System a) 14-531593 Drill/Awl Sleeve b) 14-531594 Spring-Loaded Drill/Awl Sleeve Intended to stabilize cervical spinal segment to promote fusion in order to restrict motion and decrease pain using bone graft with or without supplemental fixation.
- Recall number
- Z-0874-2015
- Recalling firm
- Ebi, Llc
- Product
- Solitaire-C Cervical Spacer System a) 14-531593 Drill/Awl Sleeve b) 14-531594 Spring-Loaded Drill/Awl Sleeve Intended to stabilize cervical spinal segment to promote fusion in order to restrict motion and decrease pain using bone graft with or without supplemental fixation.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2014-11-11
- Posted
- 2014-12-24
- Terminated
- 2015-04-15
- Reason
- A design deficiency was discovered whereby the Drill/Awl Sleeve and Spring-Loaded Drill/Awl Sleeve instruments (the Sleeves) allow the mating Drill and Awl instruments to penetrate 1.0 mm beyond their intended depths during screw hole preparation.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- The firm, Biomet, sent an "URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL NOTICE" letter dated 11/11/2014 to their customers. The letter described the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to immediately locate and remove from circulation the items consigned/loaned to your account as identified; carefully follow the instructions on the enclosed "Response Form"; complete and return Response Form via fax to 303.501.8444, and if you have further distributed these items to medical facilities, you MUST notify them of the actions. Questions related to this notice should be directed to the Sr. Quality Engineer at 518-859-3487 Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4 pm ET.
- Quantity
- 193 units
- Distribution
- US Nationwide Distribution.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Part number 14-531593 Part number 14-531594 Catalog number Lot Number 14-531593 N23597 14-531594 N23599
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K113796"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- OVE
- Firm FEI
- 2242816
- Firm city
- Parsippany
- Firm state
- NJ
- 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
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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