FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
RTI Surgical, Inc. (dba Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc.): CervAlign Anterior Cervical Plate System-Cervalign, 1 Level, 20mm Material Number: 66-120 - Product Usage: intended for anterior cervical fixation (C2-C7) for the following conditions: degenerative disc disease (DDD) defined as neck pain of discogenic origin with degeneration of the disc confirmed by history and radiographic studies, spondylolisthesis, trauma (i.e. fracture or dislocation), spinal stenosis, deformities or curvatures (i.e. scoliosis, kyphosis, and/or lordosis), tumor, pseudathrosis, and failed previous fusion).
- Recall number
- Z-1209-2021
- Recalling firm
- RTI Surgical, Inc. (dba Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc.)
- Product
- CervAlign Anterior Cervical Plate System-Cervalign, 1 Level, 20mm Material Number: 66-120 - Product Usage: intended for anterior cervical fixation (C2-C7) for the following conditions: degenerative disc disease (DDD) defined as neck pain of discogenic origin with degeneration of the disc confirmed by history and radiographic studies, spondylolisthesis, trauma (i.e. fracture or dislocation), spinal stenosis, deformities or curvatures (i.e. scoliosis, kyphosis, and/or lordosis), tumor, pseudathrosis, and failed previous fusion).
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2021-01-15
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- Locking mechanism has been observed to disassociate either intraoperatively or postoperatively resulting in replacement/revision
- Root cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Action
- Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc. (DBA RTI Surgical) initiated email notification on 15 January 2021 via the Distributor. End Users notified via Distributor by First Class Mail. Letter states reason for recall, health risk and action to take: Remove from all user sites and inventory locations the CervAlign Anterior Cervical Plates listed in the attached distribution list. Kindly return CervAlign Anterior Cervical Plates RTI Surgical along with the appropriate forms. RTI Surgical is working on corrective actions to prevent these events from reoccurring. We do not know at this time how long this will take to apply these corrective actions, but as soon as we do, we will notify you. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at your earliest convenience. RTI Surgical apologizes for any inconvenience this caused Surgalign. Thank you for your cooperation. Contact: Director of Quality Pioneer Surgical (d.b.a. RTI Surgical), 375 River Park Circle, Marquette, MI 49855 U.S.A. (www.rtix.com) P: 763-238-2034 E: jduncan@rtix.com
- Quantity
- not on file
- Distribution
- US Nationwide distribution.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Batch Number: 329483 338820 344091 348578 353381 363435 364051 367788 372225 372226 379406
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KWQ
- Firm FEI
- 1000115331
- Firm city
- Marquette
- Firm state
- MI
- 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
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- 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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