NA 04.614.222Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 7 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10705034738826), received between May 13, 2019 and Jul 14, 2021 — classified as 6 injuries, 1 malfunction.

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

Recent adverse event reports

The 7 most recent of 7 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryJul 14, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING CERVICAL FUSION. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS FOLLOWS: READMISSION: NEOPLASM, BENIGN, NOS (1): PATIENT NO.(B)(6), MALE, (B)(6) WHO UNDERWENT POSTERIOR C3-T2 DECOMPRESSION FOR TUMOR RESECTION AND FUSION WITH SYNAPSE INSTRUMENTATION READMITTED FOR NEOPLASM, BENIGN, NOS. NEOPLASM, METASTATIC, BRAIN/SPINAL CORD (1): PATIENT NO. (B)(6), FEMALE, (B)(6) WHO UNDERWENT POSTERIOR CERVICOTHORACIC DECOMPRESSION FUSION WAS READMITTED FOR NEOPLASM, METASTATIC, BRAIN/SPINAL CORD. STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE (3): PATIENT (NO. (B)(6)) FEMALE (B)(6) WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR C5-C6, C6-7 DISCECTOMY AND FUSION WITH ALLOGRAFT AND AVIATOR PLATE WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. PATIENT (NO (B)(6)) FEMALE (B)(6) WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR C5-6, C6-7 DISCECTOMY AND FUSION WITH ALLOGRAFT AND AVIATOR PLATE WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. PATIENT (NO. (B)(6)) FEMALE (B)(6) WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR/POSTERIOR CERVICAL FUSION WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. STENOSIS, CERVICOTHORACIC SPINE (1): PATIENT (NO. (B)

  Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available

  MAUDE report 12170991 ↗
• InjuryJul 13, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING CERVICAL FUSION. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS FOLLOWS: READMISSION: NEOPLASM, BENIGN, NOS (1): PATIENT NO. (B)(6) , MALE, (B)(6) YEARS OLD WHO UNDERWENT POSTERIOR C3-T2 DECOMPRESSION FOR TUMOR RESECTION AND FUSION WITH SYNAPSE INSTRUMENTATION READMITTED FOR NEOPLASM, BENIGN, NOS. NEOPLASM, METASTATIC, BRAIN/SPINAL CORD (1): PATIENT NO. (B)(6) , FEMALE, (B)(6) YEAR-OLD WHO UNDERWENT POSTERIOR CERVICOTHORACIC DECOMPRESSION FUSION WAS READMITTED FOR NEOPLASM, METASTATIC, BRAIN/SPINAL CORD. STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE (3) : PATIENT (NO. (B)(6) ) FEMALE (B)(6) YEAR-OLD WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR C5-C6, C6-7 DISCECTOMY AND FUSION WITH ALLOGRAFT AND AVIATOR PLATE WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. PATIENT (NO (B)(6) ) FEMALE (B)(6) YEAR-OLD WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR C5-6, C6-7 DISCECTOMY AND FUSION WITH ALLOGRAFT AND AVIATOR PLATE WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. PATIENT (NO. (B)(6) ) FEMALE (B)(6) YEAR-OLD WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR/POSTERIOR CERVICAL FUSION WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE.

  Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available

  MAUDE report 12163635 ↗
• InjuryJul 13, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING CERVICAL FUSION. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS FOLLOWS: READMISSION: NEOPLASM, BENIGN, NOS (1) -PATIENT NO.(B)(6), MALE, (B)(6) YEARS OLD WHO UNDERWENT POSTERIOR C3-T2 DECOMPRESSION FOR TUMOR RESECTION AND FUSION WITH SYNAPSE INSTRUMENTATION READMITTED FOR NEOPLASM, BENIGN, NOS. NEOPLASM, METASTATIC, BRAIN/SPINAL CORD (1) -PATIENT NO. (B)(6), FEMALE, (B)(6)-YEAR-OLD WHO UNDERWENT POSTERIOR CERVICOTHORACIC DECOMPRESSION FUSION WAS READMITTED FOR NEOPLASM, METASTATIC, BRAIN/SPINAL CORD. STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE (3) -PATIENT (NO. (B)(6))FEMALE (B)(6)-YEAR-OLD WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR C5-C6, C6-7 DISCECTOMY AND FUSION WITH ALLOGRAFT AND AVIATOR PLATE WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. -PATIENT (NO (B)(6)) FEMALE (B)(6)-YEAR-OLD WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR C5-6, C6-7 DISCECTOMY AND FUSION WITH ALLOGRAFT AND AVIATOR PLATE WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. -PATIENT (NO. (B)(6)) FEMALE (B)(6)-YEAR-OLD WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR/POSTERIOR CERVICAL FUSION WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. STENOS

  Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available

  MAUDE report 12163528 ↗
• InjuryJul 13, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING CERVICAL FUSION. THIS REPORT CAPTURES THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS: MECHANICAL COMPLICATION INTERNAL ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE/IMPLANT/GRAFT, NOS (1): PATIENT NO (B)(6), FEMALE, (B)(6) UNDERWENT POSTERIOR C3-7 DECOMPRESSION, C3-T1 FUSION WITH SYNAPSE 3.5 INSTRUMENT (LATEX ALLERGY) WAS READMITTED DUE TO MECHANICAL COMPLICATION INTERNAL ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE/IMPLANT/GRAFT, NOS. THIS REPORT IS FOR A POSTERIOR CERVICAL SYSTEMS (SYNAPSE) LOCKING SCREW. THIS IS REPORT 2 OF 20 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL COMPLICATIONS FOR THIS CER ARE CAPTURED ON RELATED COMPLAINTS (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available

  MAUDE report 12160831 ↗
• InjuryJul 9, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING CERVICAL FUSION. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS FOLLOWS: READMISSION: NEOPLASM, BENIGN, NOS (1) PATIENT NO.(B)(6) MALE, (B)(6) WHO UNDERWENT POSTERIOR C3-T2 DECOMPRESSION FOR TUMOR RESECTION AND FUSION WITH SYNAPSE INSTRUMENTATION READMITTED FOR NEOPLASM, BENIGN, NOS. NEOPLASM, METASTATIC, BRAIN/SPINAL CORD (1) PATIENT NO. (B)(6), FEMALE, (B)(6) WHO UNDERWENT POSTERIOR CERVICOTHORACIC DECOMPRESSION FUSION WAS READMITTED FOR NEOPLASM, METASTATIC, BRAIN/SPINAL CORD. STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE (3) PATIENT (NO. (B)(6)) FEMALE (B)(6) WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR C5-C6, C6-7 DISCECTOMY AND FUSION WITH ALLOGRAFT AND AVIATOR PLATE WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. PATIENT (NO (B)(6)) FEMALE (B)(6) WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR C5-6, C6-7 DISCECTOMY AND FUSION WITH ALLOGRAFT AND AVIATOR PLATE WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. PATIENT (NO. (B)(6)) FEMALE (B)(6) WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR/POSTERIOR CERVICAL FUSION WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. STENOSIS, CERVICOTHORACIC SPINE (1) PATIENT (NO.(B)(6)) F

  Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available

  MAUDE report 12142818 ↗
• InjuryJul 8, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING CERVICAL FUSION. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS FOLLOWS: READMISSION: NEOPLASM, BENIGN, NOS (1): PATIENT NO. (B)(6) , MALE, (B)(6) YEARS OLD WHO UNDERWENT POSTERIOR C3-T2 DECOMPRESSION FOR TUMOR RESECTION AND FUSION WITH SYNAPSE INSTRUMENTATION READMITTED FOR NEOPLASM, BENIGN, NOS. NEOPLASM, METASTATIC, BRAIN/SPINAL CORD (1): PATIENT NO. (B)(6), FEMALE, (B)(6) YEAR-OLD WHO UNDERWENT POSTERIOR CERVICOTHORACIC DECOMPRESSION FUSION WAS READMITTED FOR NEOPLASM, METASTATIC, BRAIN/SPINAL CORD. STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE (3): PATIENT (NO. (B)(6)), FEMALE (B)(6) YEAR-OLD WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR C5-C6, C6-7 DISCECTOMY AND FUSION WITH ALLOGRAFT AND AVIATOR PLATE WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. PATIENT (NO (B)(6) FEMALE (B)(6) YEAR-OLD WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR C5-6, C6-7 DISCECTOMY AND FUSION WITH ALLOGRAFT AND AVIATOR PLATE WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. PATIENT (NO. (B)(6)) FEMALE (B)(6) YEAR-OLD WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR/POSTERIOR CERVICAL FUSION WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. STENO

  Patient problems: Intervertebral Disc Compression or Protrusion

  MAUDE report 12138722 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 13, 2019Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION ON (B)(6) 2019, THE HEAD OF A TITANIUM CANCELLOUS POLYAXIAL SCREW BROKE OFF FROM THE SHAFT OF THE SCREW UPON INSERTION. THERE WERE NO FRAGMENTS GENERATED. PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WITH NO SURGICAL DELAY. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE. THIS REPORT IS FOR A 4.5MM TITANIUM (TI) CANCELLOUS POLYAXIAL SCREW 22MM. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 8604933 ↗