EXPEDIUM 179712630Recalls & reported problems
Medos International Sàrl · EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM SI POLYAXIAL SCREW 5.5 x 6 x 30mm · Class 2 · Implant
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Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10705034067704), received between Nov 15, 2021 and Aug 28, 2024 — classified as 2 injuries.
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 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
Patient problems
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available1
- Osteolysis1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 28, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THROUGH LEGAL DOCUMENTATION, THE PATIENT SUSTAINED INJURIES DUE TO A CAR ACCIDENT ON (B)(6) 2020. SUBSEQUENTLY, ON (B)(6) 2020, PLAINTIFF THE UNDERWENT AN OCCIPUT-C3 POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WHERE BONE SCREWS AND TITANIUM RODS WERE PLACED IN HER CERVICAL SPINE. PATIENT HAD GOOD RECOVERY. ON (B)(6) 2020, PATIENT WAS SEEN AND X-RAYS LEFT THE IMPRESSION OF AN ¿[I]NSTRUMENTED POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION AND POSTERIOR DECOMPRESSION FROM THE OCCIPUT THROUGH C3 FOR MANAGEMENT OF CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURES.¿ ALSO, X-RAYS OF HER RIGHT SHOULDER SHOWED A CLAVICULAR FRACTURE AND THORACIC COMPRESSION FRACTURES AT THE T5 AND T6 LEVELS. PLAINTIFF WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A ¿CLOSED STABLE BURST FRACTURE OF FIRST CERVICAL VERTEBRAE WITH ROUTINE HEALING.¿. ON (B)(6) 2020 PATIENT WAS SEEN AND WAS NOTED DOING PHYSICAL THERAPY AND WAS IMPROVING. ON (B)(6) 2020 CT SCANS OF THE CERVICAL AND THORACIC SPINE SHOWED: OCCIPUT-C3 POSTERIOR BONE FUSION WITHOUT EVIDENCE FOR HARDWARE FAILURE¿ AND FRACTURES AT THE T3-T6 LEVELS. ON (B)(6) 2020, PATIENT WAS TREATED FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICALGIA AND PAIN IN THE THORACIC SPINE. ON (B)(6) 2020 PATIENT WAS SEEN AND X-RAYS OF THE CERVICAL AND
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Pain
MAUDE report 20086070 ↗InjuryNov 15, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
DEVICE REPORT FROM (B)(6) REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2011, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A CERVICAL-THORACIC POSTERIOR FUSION (C4-T2 EXCLUDING C7) FOR OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT (OPLL). ON (B)(6) 2021 THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE (ASD) WHICH REQUIRED DECOMPRESSION FUSION BETWEEN T2 AND T3. ALL IMPLANTS FUSED IN 2011 HAD NO DEFECT SO THE FUSION WILL BE EXTENDED. THE REVISION OF C7, T3 (OR UP TO T4) WAS PLANNED FOR (B)(6) 2021. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) SI POLYAXIAL SCREW 5.5 X 6 X 30MM. THIS IS REPORT 9 OF 11 FOR (B)(4).
Patient problems: Osteolysis
MAUDE report 12814851 ↗
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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 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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