CD HORIZON® Spinal System 55740106550Recalls & reported problems
Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · SCREW 55740106550 5.5/6 HA MAS 6.5X50 · 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
- 5
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 5
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00643169052963), received between Oct 26, 2022 and Aug 5, 2025 — classified as 5 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (5 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
- Break5
Patient problems
- Device Embedded In Tissue or Plaque2
- Foreign Body In Patient2
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions1
Recent adverse event reports
The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 5, 2025Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTH CARE PROVIDER VIA MANUFACTURING REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING A PATIENT UNDERGONE L2-S1 POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH TLIF SPACERS AT L3/4, L4/5 AND L5-S1. IT WAS REPORTED THAT AT THE 3 MONTHS POST-OP VISIT, THE SURGEON OBSERVED SCREW FRACTURE AT THE S1 SCREWS, BILATERALLY. FOR THE REVISION SURGERY -- THE SURGEON EXPOSED THE PREVIOUS HARDWARE, REMOVED THE SET SCREWS AND PREVIOUS RODS AND CROSSLINK. HE THEN REMOVED THE BROKEN TULIP HEADS, THEN LEFT THE REMAINING SCREW SHANK IN S1. THE SURGEON THEN PLACED BILATERAL ILIAC SCREWS AND PLACED A NEW ROD AND SET SCREWS. NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED/ANTICIPATED.
Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient
MAUDE report 22713139 ↗InjuryAug 5, 2025Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTH CARE PROVIDER VIA MANUFACTURING REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING A PATIENT UNDERGONE L2-S1 POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH TLIF SPACERS AT L3/4, L4/5 AND L5-S1. IT WAS REPORTED THAT AT THE 3 MONTHS POST-OP VISIT, THE SURGEON OBSERVED SCREW FRACTURE AT THE S1 SCREWS, BILATERALLY. FOR THE REVISION SURGERY. THE SURGEON EXPOSED THE PREVIOUS HARDWARE, REMOVED THE SET SCREWS AND PREVIOUS RODS AND CROSSLINK. HE THEN REMOVED THE BROKEN TULIP HEADS, THEN LEFT THE REMAINING SCREW SHANK IN S1. THE SURGEON THEN PLACED BILATERAL ILIAC SCREWS AND PLACED A NEW ROD AND SET SCREWS. NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED/ANTICIPATED.
Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient
MAUDE report 22713122 ↗InjuryJul 3, 2023Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) VIA A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING A PATIENT WHO HAD HARDWARE EXPLANT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT SCREW WAS BROKEN. SCREW WAS LATER EXPLANTED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT SYMPTOM REPORTED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED REGARDING THE EVENT.
Patient problems: Device Embedded In Tissue or Plaque
MAUDE report 17245773 ↗InjuryJun 30, 2023Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM A (HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL, RISK MANAGER) VIA MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING A PATIENT WHO WAS IMPLANTED WITH LUMBER SPINE SCREWS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SCREWS WERE BROKEN. THE PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED. SCREWS WERE EXPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2022. THERE WERE NO SYMPTOMS REPORTED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS THAT WERE REPORTED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 17236095 ↗InjuryOct 26, 2022Break; Break
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL VIA MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING A SCREW USED IN NAVIGATED FUSION. LEVELS IMPLANTED: L4 - S1. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT FELL FROM THE TOILET ONTO THE BATHROOM FLOOR AND THE SCREW BROKE MIDWAY AT SHAFT. PART OF IT IS STILL IN THE BONE. A REVISION L4-S1 WAS PERFORMED. PATIENT MEDICAL HISTORY INCLUDES ASTHMA, OBESITY, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, HYPERTENSION, GERD, AUTO IMMUNE DISEASE, IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE, DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE (LUMBAR), LEG WEAKNESS, AND HISTORY OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS. PATIENT SYMPTOMS ARE UNKNOWN. NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED/ANTICIPATED.
Patient problems: Device Embedded In Tissue or Plaque
MAUDE report 15672318 ↗
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 APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERVERTEBRAL BODY devices
- CD HORIZON® SOLERA® VOYAGER™ Spinal System 6550017Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · Appliance, fixation, spinal intervertebral body131 reports
- EVEREST® Spinal System 2901-10001VB Spine LLC · APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERVERTEBRAL BODY119 reports
- ZEVO™ Anterior Cervical Plate System 7710015Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERVERTEBRAL BODY1 recall1 report
- Mariner RDX MX1-000040Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation · Appliance, fixation, spinal intervertebral body1 recall0 reports
- Mariner RDX MX1-000030Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation · Appliance, fixation, spinal intervertebral body1 recall0 reports
- Elegance® Anterior Cervical Plate 53430112Clariance · Appliance, Fixation, Spinal Intervertebral Body1 recall0 reports
- Elegance® Anterior Cervical Plate 53430224Clariance · Appliance, Fixation, Spinal Intervertebral Body1 recall0 reports
- XLP 7565050Nuvasive, Inc. · APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERVERTEBRAL BODY1 recall0 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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