Simplify 3-5-CERecalls & reported problems
Nuvasive, Inc. · Simplify Disc – Size 3, Height 5 · Class 3 · Implant
Data updated Oct 13, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00843285102119), received between Aug 10, 2022 and Aug 10, 2022 — classified as 1 injury.
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (P200022); 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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
Patient problems
- Extraskeletal ossification1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 10, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED VIA SIMPLIFY 2-LEVEL CLINICAL REVIEW THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE A PATIENT UNDERWENT A SIMPLIFY DISC REPLACEMENT. AROUND 48 MONTHS POST-OP ON (B)(6) 2022 IT WAS REPORTED THERE WAS HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION AT THE INDEX LEVELS OF C5/6. NO TREATMENT WAS GIVEN AND THERE IS NO PLAN TO REMOVE OR REVISE THE DEVICE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Extraskeletal ossification
MAUDE report 15204209 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under P200022. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1453-2022 · Jun 20, 2022 · Open, ClassifiedDescription/Part: Simplify Disc Size 1, Ht 5/SM-5; Simplify Disc Size 1, Ht 6/SM-6; Simplify Disc Size 2, Ht 4/MD-4; Simplify Disc Size 2, Ht 5/MD-5; Simplify Disc Size 2, Ht
Other Prosthesis, intervertebral disc devices
- Prodisc C SK PDSM5Centinel Spine, LLC · Prosthesis, Intervertebral Disc2 recalls4 reports
- Simplify® Cervical Artificial DiscNuvasive, Inc. · Prosthesis, Intervertebral Disc1 recall12 reports
- Prodisc C 09.820.055SCentinel Spine, LLC · Prosthesis, Intervertebral Disc1 recall9 reports
- Simplify® Cervical Artificial DiscNuvasive, Inc. · Prosthesis, Intervertebral Disc1 recall4 reports
- Prodisc C SK PDSXL5Centinel Spine, LLC · Prosthesis, Intervertebral Disc1 recall3 reports
- Simplify® Cervical Artificial DiscNuvasive, Inc. · Prosthesis, Intervertebral Disc1 recall3 reports
- Simplify® Cervical Artificial DiscNuvasive, Inc. · Prosthesis, Intervertebral Disc1 recall3 reports
- Simplify® Cervical Artificial DiscNuvasive, Inc. · Prosthesis, Intervertebral Disc1 recall3 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 13, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 13, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 13, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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