The Tether™ 211H6025Recalls & reported problems
Zimmer Biomet Inc · 6.0MM DIA X 25MM VBT ASSY · Class N
All models of The Tether (11)
Data updated Oct 16, 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 00880304864917), received between Oct 16, 2023 and Oct 16, 2023 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Mechanical Problem” (1 report).
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
- Mechanical Problem1
Patient problems
- Deformity/ Disfigurement1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryOct 16, 2023Mechanical Problem; Mechanical Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED TO ADDRESS OVERCORRECTION OF A TETHER CONSTRUCT. THE SET SCREWS WERE REMOVED FROM T5-T6 AND THE CORD WAS REMOVED FROM T5-T7. AN OVERCORRECTION WAS ORIGINALLY MEASURED AT 10 DEGREES DURING THE SUBJECT'S 1 YEAR VISIT AND WAS MONITORED UNTIL THE NEXT VISIT. AT THE NEXT VISIT APPROXIMATELY 10 WEEKS LATER, THE MISALIGNMENT WAS RE-EVALUATED AND CHANGED TO REFLECT THE CONTINUING OVERCORRECTION, NOW AT 16 DEGREES NEAR THE MOST PROXIMAL END OF THE CONSTRUCT. THIS IS REPORT TWO OF FOUR FOR THIS EVENT.
Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement
MAUDE report 17939969 ↗
Other Vertebral Body Tethering System devices
- The Tether™ 204H0300Zimmer Biomet Inc · Vertebral Body Tethering System29 reports
- The Tether™ 203H0012Zimmer Biomet Inc · Vertebral Body Tethering System6 reports
- The Tether™ 211H6032Zimmer Biomet Inc · Vertebral Body Tethering System6 reports
- The Tether™ 211H6030Zimmer Biomet Inc · Vertebral Body Tethering System4 reports
- The Tether™ 211H6035Zimmer Biomet Inc · Vertebral Body Tethering System3 reports
- The Tether™ 211H7040Zimmer Biomet Inc · Vertebral Body Tethering System2 reports
- The Tether™ 211H7037Zimmer Biomet Inc · Vertebral Body Tethering System2 reports
- The Tether™ 211H6040Zimmer Biomet Inc · Vertebral Body Tethering System2 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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