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Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA Inc: PREMIER(R) Anterior Cervical Plate System Adjustable Drill Stop, REF 6905712, QTY: 1 EA, Rx only, Medtronic Sofamore Danek USA, Inc., 1800 Pyramid Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38132 Product Usage: Manual orthopedic adjustable drill stop
- Recall number
- Z-1443-2012
- Recalling firm
- Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA Inc
- Product
- PREMIER(R) Anterior Cervical Plate System Adjustable Drill Stop, REF 6905712, QTY: 1 EA, Rx only, Medtronic Sofamore Danek USA, Inc., 1800 Pyramid Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38132 Product Usage: Manual orthopedic adjustable drill stop
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-03-13
- Posted
- 2012-04-19
- Terminated
- 2013-04-30
- Reason
- Drill stops may be bypassed when the device is used with powered drilling instruments.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- Medtronic notified their US Sales force on March 5, 2012, of the upcoming field action. The written "Voluntary Recall" communications were disseminated March 13 and March 14 to the US consignees. The letter identified the affected products, problem and actions to be taken. Customers are instructed to 1) disseminate this information to personnel within their facility as appropriate; 2) review work area, district sales office, and sample inventory for affected product; 3) complete the attached Risk Manager Questionnaire and return any recalled product; and 4) Sign and acknowledge the attached Sales Rep Questionnaire indicating receipt of this letter. For questions or concerns, contact your Medtronic Sales Representative or Global Quality Department at 800-876-3133, extension 3197.
- Quantity
- 1411 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and the countries of Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Columbia, Chile, Canada, India, Jamaica, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Mexico.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot Numbers: EM09F012, EM09F013, EM09F014, EM09F015, EM09F016, EM09F017, EM10A010, EM10A0101, EM11G042, IM83002, IT03G009, IT03H011, IT03J035, IT03M011, IT04A007, IT04C015, IT04D025, IT04F005, IT04G001, IT06A014, IT06A0141, IT06L042, IT07C028, IT09891, IT09892, IT09953, IT10050, IT10051, IT10308, IT10808, IT10906, IT10907, IT11222, IT11698, IT11874, SK10341, SK10777
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LXH
- Firm FEI
- 1000477302
- Firm city
- Memphis
- Firm state
- TN
- 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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