Catalyft™ LS Expandable Interbody System 981025522Recalls & reported problems
Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · SPACER 981025522 6MM ANT EXPANDABLE MD · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Catalyft LS Expandable Interbody System (6)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
1 open recall names this device. See the recall details and contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 1
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00763000465889), received between Apr 18, 2022 and Apr 18, 2022 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).
1 FDA recall record name this device's identifier, 1 still open.
6 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K212653); 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.
Recalls naming this device
- Jun 6, 2023Open, Classified
There is the potential for out of specification device geometries. widths, lengths, heights, and lordotic angles to accommodate patient anatomy. These devices can be inserted between two lumbar or lumbosacral vertebral bodies to give support and correction during lumbar interbody fusion surgeries. Implants have a central cavity that allows them to be packed with autogenous bone graft and/or allograft bone graft comprised of cancellous and/or Corticocancellous bone, and/or demineralized allograft bone with bone marrow aspirate.
Z-2119-2023 · Root cause: Under Investigation by firm · Recall details · FDA record ↗
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Break1
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryApr 18, 2022Break; Break
THE INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM HEALTH CARE PROVIDER VIA A MANUFACTURING REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING PATIENT FOR OLIF 5/1 SPINAL THERAPY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PARTS OF CAGE CAME APART FROM DEVICE AND FELL OFF WHEN TRYING TO PLACE SCREWS IN TAB HOLES. CAGE WAS LEFT IN PATIENT AS SURGEON COULDN¿T GET IT BACK OUT. FLIPPED THE PATIENT OVER AND USED O-ARM TO DO MAZOR SCAN AND PLAN TO LOCK DOWN FROM THE BACK USING VOYAGER SCREWS. THE PART CAME IN CONTACT WITH PATIENT. THERE WAS A DELAY IN ACTUAL CASE OF 20-30 MINUTES. A REVISION DONE ON 3/28 TO REMOVE CAGE AND PLACE A DIFFERENT CAGE IN ITS PLACE.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 14133762 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K212653. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2118-2023 · Jun 6, 2023 · Open, ClassifiedMedtronic Catalyft LS Expandable Interbody System, Anterior Standalone Cage, REF 981023325, spinal implant
- Z-2120-2023 · Jun 6, 2023 · Open, ClassifiedMedtronic Catalyft LS Expandable Interbody System, Anterior Standalone Cage, REF 981025525, spinal implant
- Z-2123-2023 · Jun 6, 2023 · Open, ClassifiedMedtronic Catalyft LS Expandable Interbody System Implant Kit, Anterior Standalone Cage, REF SPS03188, spinal implant kit
- Z-2117-2023 · Jun 6, 2023 · Open, ClassifiedMedtronic Catalyft LS Expandable Interbody System, Anterier Standalone Cage, REF 981023322, spinal implant
- Z-2121-2023 · Jun 6, 2023 · Open, ClassifiedMedtronic Catalyft LS Expandable Interbody System, Anterior Standalone Cage, REF 981027722, spinal implant
- Z-2122-2023 · Jun 6, 2023 · Open, ClassifiedMedtronic Catalyft LS Expandable Interbody System, Anterior Standalone Cage, REF 981027725, spinal implant
Other Intervertebral fusion device with bone graft, lumbar devices
- T-PAL 03.812.003Synthes GmbH · Intervertebral fusion device with bone graft, lumbar152 reports
- T-PAL 03.812.004Synthes GmbH · Intervertebral fusion device with bone graft, lumbar120 reports
- Catalyft PL Expandable Interbody System 6068073Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · Intervertebral fusion device with bone graft, lumbar1 recall66 reports
- Catalyft PL Expandable Interbody System 6069076Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · Intervertebral fusion device with bone graft, lumbar1 recall51 reports
- Catalyft PL Expandable Interbody System 6068076Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · Intervertebral fusion device with bone graft, lumbar1 recall46 reports
- EIT TLIF Inserter TFT30101EIT Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH · Intervertebral Fusion Device With Bone Graft, Lumbar88 reports
- T-PAL 03.812.001Synthes GmbH · Intervertebral fusion device with bone graft, lumbar76 reports
- Catalyft PL Expandable Interbody System 6069096Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · Intervertebral fusion device with bone graft, lumbar1 recall25 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 · each recall links to the FDA recall notice
- 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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