COUGAR 189155614Recalls & reported problems
Medos International Sàrl · COUGAR LS LATERAL CAGE SYSTEM LORDOTIC CAGE 18 x 14 x 55mm, 15 DEGREES · Class 2 · Implant
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 10705034356969), received between Jan 15, 2020 and Jan 15, 2020 — classified as 1 injury.
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
- No Apparent Adverse Event1
Patient problems
- Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJan 15, 2020No Apparent Adverse Event; No Apparent Adverse Event
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PATIENT HAD SPINAL FUSION SURGERY. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SURGERY THE PATIENT FELT GOOD, BUT ONE WEEK AFTER, THE PATIENT WAS AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH AN ALLERGIC REACTION. HE WAS GIVEN BENADRYL AND SYMPTOMS IMPROVED. HIS CONDITION HAS DETERIORATED AND IN PAIN EVERY DAY. HE HAD A PRIOR SURGERY IN THE 1990S WHERE STAINLESS STEEL OR TITANIUM RODS AND SCREWS WERE IMPLANTED IN HIS HAND AND HAD TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE OF ALLERGIC REACTION THAT CAUSED THE SURGERY SITE NOT TO HEAL. UPON REMOVAL OF THE IMPLANTS, THE HAND HEALED. THE CURRENT SURGEON WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE WITH THE PRIOR SURGERY BUT INSISTED THAT MATERIALS HAD CHANGED SINCE THE 1990S AND THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ADVERSE REACTION WERE MINUSCULE. BECAUSE OF THE PATIENT URGED THE SURGEON TO GET HIM ALLERGY TESTED BECAUSE OF HOW HE FEELS, HE DID PUT IN AN ORDER AND WAS TESTED, HOWEVER, UPON COMPLETION OF THE TESTING HE WAS TOLD HE WAS TESTED FOR THE WRONG ITEMS. THE PATIENT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM ANYONE AND NOW TAKING HIS HEALTHCARE INTO HIS OWN HANDS AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INDEPENDENT ALLERGY TESTING PERFORMED. THE PATIENT NEEDS INFORMATION FROM THE COMPANY IN ORDER TO DO SO. THIS IS REP
Patient problems: Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction; Pain
MAUDE report 9590968 ↗
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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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