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Archon 8780417Recalls & reported problems

Nuvasive, Inc. · Archon Screw, 4.0x17mm Self-Tap Var · Class 2 · Implant

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 00887517200334), received between Mar 23, 2017 and Mar 23, 2017 — classified as 1 injury.

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.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Fall1
  • Pain1
  • Unspecified Infection1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryMar 23, 2017Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    ON (B)(6) 2015 A (B)(6) YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT UNDERWENT A 4-LEVEL ACDF PROCEDURE FROM C3 TO C7. SIX MONTHS AFTER INDEX SURGERY THE PATIENT FELL, AFTER WHICH THE PATIENT REPORTED INCREASED CERVICAL PAIN. A MRI SHOWED SPINAL CANAL NARROWING AT C4 AND C5 WITH EVIDENCE OF EDEMA. CT IMAGES DEMONSTRATED SUBSIDENCE OF C3 INTERBODY GRAFT. AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT, INSTABILITY INCREASED; A POSTERIOR CERVICAL FUSION CONSTRUCT WAS ADDED ON (B)(6) 2016. THE REVISION SURGERY WAS COMPLICATED BY A POST-OPERATIVE INFECTION REQUIRING WOUND DEBRIDEMENT AND IV ANTIBIOTICS. PATIENT HAS RECOVERED FROM THE REPORTED INFECTION.

    Patient problems: Fall; Pain; Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 6430518 ↗

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