VIPER 186789150Recalls & reported problems
Depuy Spine, LLC · VIPER 2 SYSTEM ROD, STRAIGHT 150mm · Class 2 · Implant
All models of VIPER (60)
Data updated Oct 16, 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 10705034132860), received between Aug 25, 2022 and Aug 25, 2022 — classified as 2 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (2 reports).
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K071860, K111136); 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
- Break2
Patient problems
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available2
- Unspecified Tissue Injury2
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 25, 2022Break; Break
DEVICE REPORT FROM GERMANY REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED ON (B)(6) 2022, TWO OF THE RODS IN QUESTION HAD BROKEN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE CROSS-CONNECTOR. REVISION SURGERY TO REMOVE THE BROKEN IMPLANTS WAS SCHEDULED TO BE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2022. NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THE REVISION SURGERY WAS PROVIDED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT IS FOR A VIPER 2 SYSTEM ROD, STRAIGHT 150MM. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 2 FOR (B)(4).
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Unspecified Tissue Injury
MAUDE report 15292120 ↗InjuryAug 25, 2022Break; Break
DEVICE REPORT FROM GERMANY REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED ON (B)(6) 2022, TWO OF THE RODS IN QUESTION HAD BROKEN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE CROSS-CONNECTOR. REVISION SURGERY TO REMOVE THE BROKEN IMPLANTS WAS SCHEDULED TO BE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2022. NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THE REVISION SURGERY WAS PROVIDED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT IS FOR A VIPER 2 SYSTEM ROD, STRAIGHT 150MM. THIS IS REPORT 2 OF 2 FOR (B)(4).
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Unspecified Tissue Injury
MAUDE report 15292118 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K071860, K111136. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1674-2015 · Apr 21, 2015 · TerminatedEXPEDIUM Spine System/Synapse System; MODEL: EXPEDIUM Offset Conical Lock Nut 8mm, CATALOG NO. : 1754-91-150, UDI NUMBER (if applicable): GTIN: 10705034032467
Other APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL devices
- EXPEDIUM 179702000Medos International Sàrl · APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL439 reports
- EXPEDIUM VERSE 199721001Medos International Sàrl · APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL227 reports
- XIA 3 48230000Stryker Corporation · APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL193 reports
- VIPER 186715000Medos International Sàrl · APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 death167 reports
- NA 04.614.014Synthes GmbH · APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL80 reports
- EXPEDIUM VIPER 196789480Depuy Spine, LLC · APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL72 reports
- NA 04.615.014Synthes GmbH · APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL72 reports
- Arsenal Deformity Spinal Fixation System 47127Alphatec Spine, Inc. · APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL66 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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