EIT PLIF Handle PET00920Recalls & reported problems
EIT Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH · Straight handle · Class 1
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 0
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 04260397080863), received between Mar 28, 2019 and Jan 6, 2023 — classified as 2 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).
2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K170503); 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.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Break1
- Detachment of Device or Device Component1
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions1
- No Code Available1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionJan 6, 2023Break; Break
DEVICE REPORT FROM SYNTHES REPORTS AN EVENT IN ITALY AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE DEVICE WAS BROKEN. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE STRAIGHT HANDLE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16112639 ↗MalfunctionMar 28, 2019Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component
COMPLAINANT STATED THAT AN INSTRUMENT WAS JAMMED IN THE INSTRUMENT PET00920 AFTER IMPLANT INSERTION. THE COMPLAINANT POINTED OUT THAT THE EXTRA EFFORT TO DISCONNECT THE INSTRUMENT FROM PET00920 LED TO A SURGICAL DELAY.
Patient problems: No Code Available
MAUDE report 8460412 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K170503. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1323-2022 · May 20, 2022 · Open, ClassifiedEIT CIF cage, H 6mm, 8degree, L- an intervertebral body fusion devices indicated for use with autograft when used as an adjunct to fusion in patients with cervical disc disease (DD
- Z-1324-2022 · May 20, 2022 · Open, ClassifiedEIT CIF cage, H 7mm, 8degree, S- an intervertebral body fusion devices indicated for use with autograft when used as an adjunct to fusion in patients with cervical disc disease (DD
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- R3 71364450Smith & Nephew, Inc. · ORTHOPEDIC MANUAL SURGICAL INSTRUMENT520 reports
- N/A 9561524Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · ORTHOPEDIC MANUAL SURGICAL INSTRUMENT494 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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