CD HORIZON® Spinal System 1604200500Recalls & reported problems
Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · ROD 1604200500 6.0 TIAL NS STRT LN 500MM · Class 2 · Implant
All models of CD HORIZON Spinal System (342)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 4
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 4
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00613994990693), received between Jun 2, 2017 and Nov 18, 2025 — classified as 4 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (4 reports).
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K113174); they may or may not involve this specific model.
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Break4
- Insufficient Device Problem Information1
Patient problems
- Pain3
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions1
- Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture1
Recent adverse event reports
The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryNov 18, 2025Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) VIA A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING A PATIENT HAVING FUSION SPINAL T HERAPY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE TULIP FROM THE MAS-SCREW HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE SCREW AND THE RODS IN THE CONSTRUCTION WERE BROKEN. THE BROKEN TULIP WAS ON LEFT L4 AND THE ROD ON THE LEFT SIDE WAS BROKEN ON TWO SPOTS WHILE THE ROD ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS BROKEN IN ONE POSITION. THERE WAS PAIN IN THE AREA OF THE BACK WHERE THE BROKEN SCREW WAS LOCATED NEAR L4. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED REGARDING THE EVENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE ROD BELONGS TO MDT.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 23584762 ↗InjuryNov 18, 2025Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) VIA A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING A PATIENT HAVING FUSION SPINAL T HERAPY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE TULIP FROM THE MAS-SCREW HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE SCREW AND THE RODS IN THE CONSTRUCTION WERE BROKEN. THE BROKEN TULIP WAS ON LEFT L4 THERE WAS PAIN IN THE AREA OF THE BACK WHERE THE BROKEN SCREW WAS LOCATED NEAR L4. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED REGARDING THE EVENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE ROD BELONGS TO MDT.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 23584265 ↗InjuryAug 21, 2024Break; Insufficient Device Problem Information; Break; Insufficient Device Problem Information
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) VIA A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING A PATIENT HAVING HARDWARE REMOVA L/REVISION. PRE-OPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS FOR THIS PROCEDURE WAS NON-UNION DUE TO HARDWARE ISSUES. IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHEN THE DRIVER WAS USED TO REMOVE A SOLERA SCREW, THE TIP OF THE DRIVER WAS BROKEN. THE BROKEN TIP WAS RETRIEVED. THE PATIENT/PROCEDURE WAS NOT IMPACTED IN ANY WAY. THERE WERE NO PATIENT SYMPTOMS REPORTED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED REGARDING THE EVENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture
MAUDE report 20020330 ↗InjuryJun 2, 2017Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT WITH ADULT DEGENERATIVE DISEASE AND SCOLIOSIS UNDERWENT SPINAL SURGERY FROM T10 - PELVIS. POST-OP ROD BREAKAGE AT L5-S1 WAS OBSERVED CAUSING PAIN TO THE PATIENT. IT IS NOT CONFIRMED WHETHER SURGEON WILL PERFORM REVISION SURGERY ON THE PATIENT.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 6607197 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K113174. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2603-2018 · Jul 9, 2018 · TerminatedMedtronic CD HORIZON Spinal System is intended to help provide immobilization and stabilization of spinal segments as an adjunct to fusion of the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral spine.
Other ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION devices
- NA 04.614.508Synthes GmbH · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION277 reports
- CREO 1134.0010Globus Medical, Inc. · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION112 reports
- CREO 1119.0010Globus Medical, Inc. · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION80 reports
- VIPER 186731745Medos International Sàrl · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION43 reports
- CD HORIZON® Spinal System 1553201090Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION38 reports
- EXPEDIUM 179902000Medos International Sàrl · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION37 reports
- CD HORIZON® Spinal System 7540220Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION36 reports
- EXPEDIUM VERSE 199721640Medos International Sàrl · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION35 reports
Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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