EXPEDIUM 179798020Recalls & reported problems
Medos International Sàrl · EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM CLOSED CONNECTOR 5.5 20mm · Class 2 · Implant
All models of EXPEDIUM (291)
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 10705034082974), received between Aug 28, 2024 and Aug 28, 2024 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Migration” (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
- Migration1
Patient problems
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available1
- Intervertebral Disc Compression or Protrusion1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 28, 2024Migration; Migration
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 ¿INSTRUMENTED 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 THO
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Intervertebral Disc Compression or Protrusion
MAUDE report 20089041 ↗
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- NA 04.615.014Synthes GmbH · APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL72 reports
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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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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