CD HORIZON® Spinal System 1553201070Recalls & reported problems
Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · ROD 1553201070 5.5 TI CP4 NS CURV 70MM · Class 2 · Implant
All models of CD HORIZON Spinal System (342)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 11
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 3
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 11 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00643169015906), received between Mar 31, 2020 and Mar 26, 2025 — classified as 3 injuries, 8 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (11 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 16, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Break11
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions10
- Failure of Implant1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 11 most recent of 11 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionMar 26, 2025Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) VIA A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING THE DEVICES USED FOR SPINAL THER APY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE FDA TAB OF THE DEVICE HAS BROKEN. THERE WERE NO PATIENT SYMPTOMS REPORTED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED REGARDING THE EVENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21697875 ↗MalfunctionMar 26, 2025Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) VIA A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING THE DEVICES USED FOR SPINAL THER APY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE FDA TAB OF THE DEVICE HAS BROKEN. THERE WERE NO PATIENT SYMPTOMS REPORTED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED REGARDING THE EVENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21697805 ↗MalfunctionMar 26, 2025Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) VIA A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING THE DEVICES USED FOR SPINAL THER APY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE FDA TAB OF THE DEVICE HAS BROKEN. THERE WERE NO PATIENT SYMPTOMS REPORTED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED REGARDING THE EVENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21697684 ↗MalfunctionMar 26, 2025Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) VIA A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING THE DEVICES USED FOR SPINAL THER APY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE FDA TAB OF THE DEVICE HAS BROKEN. THERE WERE NO PATIENT SYMPTOMS REPORTED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED REGARDING THE EVENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21697225 ↗MalfunctionMar 26, 2025Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) VIA A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING THE DEVICES USED FOR SPINAL THER APY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE FDA TAB OF THE DEVICE HAS BROKEN. THERE WERE NO PATIENT SYMPTOMS REPORTED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED REGARDING THE EVENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21697186 ↗MalfunctionMar 26, 2025Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) VIA A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING THE DEVICES USED FOR SPINAL THER APY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE FDA TAB OF THE DEVICE HAS BROKEN. THERE WERE NO PATIENT SYMPTOMS REPORTED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED REGARDING THE EVENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21696418 ↗MalfunctionMar 26, 2025Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) VIA A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING THE DEVICES USED FOR SPINAL THER APY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE FDA TAB OF THE DEVICE HAS BROKEN. THERE WERE NO PATIENT SYMPTOMS REPORTED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED REGARDING THE EVENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21696348 ↗MalfunctionDec 29, 2024Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING THE DEVICES USED FOR SPINAL THERAPY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE FDA TAB OF THE DEVICE HAS BROKEN. THERE WERE NO PATIENT SYMPTOMS REPORTED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED REGARDING THE EVENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21032138 ↗InjuryApr 18, 2024Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, REGULATORY BODY VIA MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING AN EVENT HAPPENED DURING POST-OP OF THE REPORTED PRODUCTS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT, SPINAL RODS WERE BROKEN AT L4/L5 AND SCREWS WERE LOOSE AT L5/S1. REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED TO EXPLANT THE BROKEN RODS. LOOSE SCREWS EXPLANTED DURING REVISION SURGERY. NO INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE ON THE EXPLANT OF LOOSE SCREWS. THERE WERE NO PATIENT SYMPTOMS REPORTED AS A RESULT. NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 19132663 ↗InjuryJun 30, 2023Break; Break
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED. PROCEDURE OR TECHNIQUE PERFORMED WAS LUMBAR/SACRAL FUSION.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 17235868 ↗InjuryMar 31, 2020Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON: (B)(6) 2018: THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SPINAL FUSION. IN (B)(6) 2019: THE PATIENT UNDERWENT X-RAY/MRI, WHICH SHOWED THE RODS ON BOTH SIDES TO HAVE BROKEN. HENCE, THE PATIENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR ROD REMOVAL IN (B)(6) 2020. ON (B)(6) 2020: THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH THE PRE-OPERATIVE DIAGNOSES OF BROKEN RODS AND PSEUDOARTHROSIS. SHE UNDERWENT POSTERIOR LUMBAR FUSION WITH TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION AT L3-S1. THE BROKEN RODS WERE RETURNED TO THE PATIENT.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Pain
MAUDE report 9902749 ↗
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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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