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Class 2 Device Recall Ascent POCTS (Posterior Occipital Cervical Thoracic System)

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  Class 2 Device Recall Ascent POCTS (Posterior Occipital Cervical Thoracic System) see related information
Date Initiated by Firm May 15, 2007
Date Posted December 11, 2007
Recall Status1 Terminated 3 on June 06, 2008
Recall Number Z-0363-2008
Recall Event ID 45523
Product Classification Pedicle Screw Spinal System - Product Code MNI
Product Ascent POCTS (Posterior Occipital Cervical Thoracic System) Part Numbers: 65-33 XX Series (65-3310,-3312, -3314, -3318, -3320-, -3322, -3324, -3326, -3328, and -3330), Multi-Axial Screw, 4.0mm x 26mm;Implant grade Titanium Alloy; Blacksone Medical Inc., 90 Brookdale Drive, Springfield, MA 01104.
Code Information Part Numbers: 65-3310,-3312, -3314, -3318, -3320-, -3322, -3324, -3326, -3328, and -3330; Lot numbers: 009, 010, 011, 018, 019, 031, 048, 064, 084 and 107.
Recalling Firm/
Manufacturer		 Blackstone Medical, Inc.
1211 Hamburg Tpke
Suite 300
Wayne NJ 07470
For Additional Information Contact
973-406-2869
Manufacturer Reason
for Recall		 Manufacturing Defect: The saddle of the screw's body relative to the keyway exceeds the tolerance outlined in the device specifications. The extent to which the tolerance is exceeded varies from part to part, in the extreme the tolerance is exceeded by (+) 50%. As a consequence, there is a potential for set-screw cross-threading during implantation. Cross-threading could in turn lead to a comprom
FDA Determined
Cause 2		 Nonconforming Material/Component
Action Blackstone Medical, Inc., field representatives were notified via phone, e-mail or fax on 4/30/07. Attention: Notification of Product Removal Letters were sent on May 15, 2007, to distributors and implanting surgeons requesting return of non-implanted stock.
Quantity in Commerce 319 screws ( 212 domestic, 107 international)
Distribution Worldwide: USA and countries of China, Cyprus, Turkey and Switzerland.
Total Product Life Cycle TPLC Device Report
1 A record in this database is created when a firm initiates a correction or removal action. The record is updated if the FDA identifies a violation and classifies the action as a recall, and it is updated for a final time when the recall is terminated. Learn more about medical device recalls.
2 Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall.
3 For details about termination of a recall see Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 §7.55.
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