Events

Recall of CONFIDENCE SPINAL CEMENT SYSTEM KIT

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by DePuy Spine, Inc..

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A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    64937
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2134-2013
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-04-17
  • Event Date Posted
    2013-09-03
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2014-08-13
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=117466
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Cement, bone, vertebroplasty - Product Code NDN
  • Reason
    During injection of cement, the water in the hydraulic pump leaks past the piston within the pump body resulting in the loss of pressure and inability to continue to inject cement.
  • Action
    DePut Synthes Spine sent an Urgent Voluntary Product Recall Notification letter dated April 15, 2013, to all affected consignees. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the con signee. Consignees were instructed to review their inventory and quarantine for return any products listed in the recall notice., complete the enclosed Business Reply Form, indicating level of inventory of the affected product and return the form to Depuy via fax to 888-943-4897or email to DePuy7862@stericycle.com and to return the product with the enclosed UPS label to Stericycle. For questions regarding this recall call 508-977-6606.

Device

CONFIDENCE SPINAL CEMENT SYSTEM KIT
  • Model / Serial
    HPBB0B, HPBBWM, HPCB75, HPCCBN, HPBB0R, HPBBWP, HPCB7D, HPDBBV, HPBB28, HPBBZ7, HPCB7F, HPDBCG, HPBB2D, HPBBZF, HPCB7T, HPDBD1, HPBB2F, HPBCKH, HPCB7V, HPDBD5, HPBB4R, HPBDL9, HPCB8G, HPDBF9, HPBBV1, HPCB67, HPCBLC, HPDBGH, HPBBWG, HPCB68, HPCBM1, HPDBGK, HPBBWK, HPCB74, HPCCBM, HPDBGL
  • Product Classification
    Orthopedic Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    Yes
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution - USA including AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV, WY; Worldwide: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UAE, and UK
  • Product Description
    CONFIDENCE SPINAL CEMENT SYSTEM KIT, Product Code: 2839-13-000 || The CONFIDENCE Spinal Cement System is intended for percutaneous delivery of CONFIDENCE Spinal Cement, which is indicated for fixation of pathological fractures of the vertebral body during vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty procedures.
  • Manufacturer
    DePuy Spine, Inc.

Manufacturer

DePuy Spine, Inc.
  • Manufacturer Address
    DePuy Spine, Inc., 325 Paramount Dr, Raynham MA 02767-5199
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Johnson & Johnson
  • Source
    USFDA