Quick Links: Skip to main page content Skip to Search Skip to Topics Menu Skip to Common Links
  • Decrease font size
  • Return font size to normal
  • Increase font size
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Class 2 Device Recall Midas Rex Legend dissecting tool

  • Print
  • Share
  • E-mail
-
Super Search Devices@FDA
510(k) | DeNovo | Registration & Listing | Adverse Events | Recalls | PMA | HDE | Classification | Standards
CFR Title 21 | Radiation-Emitting Products | X-Ray Assembler | Medsun Reports | CLIA | TPLC
 


New Search Back to Search Results
 Class 2 Device Recall Midas Rex Legend dissecting toolsee related information
Date Initiated by FirmMay 30, 2008
Date PostedAugust 23, 2008
Recall Status1 Terminated 3 on August 22, 2009
Recall NumberZ-2156-2008
Recall Event ID 48472
510(K)NumberK020069 
Product Classification Pneumatic drill motor - Product Code HBB
ProductMedtronic Midas Rex Legend tapered dissecting tool, Model F2/8TA23 Medtronic Powered Surgical Solutions, Forth Worth, TX Intended for use in Spinal, Cranial, Orthopedic, General Surgical and Plastic Surgery applications for transection, osteotomy, graft harvesting, bone shaping, laminectomy, entry hole, suture hole, and midface advancement.
Code Information Lot numbers: 0000710253, 0000710254, 0000710256, 0000710257, 0000710258, 0000710266, 0000710267, 0000710271, 0000710272, 0000710274, 0000710275, 0000710276, 0000710277, 0000710278, 0000710279, 0000710280, 0000710281, and 0000710288
Recalling Firm/
Manufacturer		 Medtronic Powered Surgical Solutions
4620 N Beach St
Fort Worth TX 76137-3219
For Additional Information Contact
817-831-4181
Manufacturer Reason
for Recall		Cutting flute geometry of surgical dissecting tools may be outside of established tolerance. This may lead to reduced cutting performance, inability to perform desired dissection, increased risk of overheating, and potential need for revision surgery.
FDA Determined
Cause 2		Process control
ActionFirm notified consignees by Urgent: Medical Device Recall letter sent May 30, 2008. The letter requires consignees to immediately compare their inventory of products against the list provided and quarantine any unused dissecting tools. The letter also states that Medtronic would provide replacement product to match the quantity and type returned by the consignees' institution.
Quantity in Commerce1,306 units
DistributionNationwide Distribution.
Total Product Life CycleTPLC 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.
510(K) Database510(K)s with Product Code = HBB
-
-