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SLIM-LOC 179607016Recalls & reported problems

Depuy Spine, LLC · SLIM-LOC ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM SCREW, SELF-DRILLING 4.5 x 16mm · Class 2

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 10705034063829), received between Dec 16, 2019 and Dec 16, 2019 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (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.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Break1

Patient problems

  • Failure of Implant1
  • No Code Available1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryDec 16, 2019Break; Break

    DEVICE REPORT FROM (B)(6) REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: BREAKAGE POST-OP. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE ACCF OPERATION ON (B)(6) 2015. AND NOTED THE SCREW WAS BROKEN ON (B)(6) 2019. THE RELATED PLATE IS NOT BROKEN. THE PATIENT WILL BE GIVEN THE REVISION SURGERY, BUT NOW COULD NOT CONFIRM THE SPECIFIC DATE. NOW THE PATIENT IS STABLE. CONCOMITANT DEVICES: SLIM-LOC ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM (PART: 179602045, LOT: UNKNOWN, QUANTITY: 1). THIS REPORT IS FOR A SELF-DRILLING SCREW 16MM. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant; No Code Available

    MAUDE report 9473304 ↗

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