NA 04.614.230Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10705034738864), received between Jul 8, 2021 and Dec 13, 2022 — classified as 4 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Activation, Positioning or Separation Problem” (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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryDec 13, 2022Activation, Positioning or Separation Problem; Material Integrity Problem; Activation, Positioning or Separation Problem; Material Integrity Problem

  DEVICE REPORT FROM DEPUY SYNTHES REPORTS AN EVENT IN CANADA AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A CERVICAL SPINE FUSION CASE USING THE SYNAPSE SYSTEM, UPON INSERTING A 4.5MM X 30MM SCREW IN THE T1 LEVEL, THE HEAD OF THE SCREW BROKE OFF. NO LOT # WAS IDENTIFIED ON THE SCREW. NO PATIENT OR OTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. UNKNOWN IF FRAGMENTS WERE GENERATED. SURGERY WAS DELAYED 20 MINUTES DUE TO THE REPORTED EVENT. CONCOMITANT DEVICE REPORTED: UNK - INSERTION INSTRUMENTS: TRAUMA (PART# UNKNOWN; LOT# UNKNOWN; QUANTITY: UNKNOWN). THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES ONE (1) DEVICE. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 4.5MM TI CANCELLOUS POLYAXIAL SCREW 30MM. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15965945 ↗
• 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) 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 (

  Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

  MAUDE report 12162670 ↗
• 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) 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), MALE, (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),

  Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

  MAUDE report 12162586 ↗
• 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: READMISSION: NEOPLASM, BENIGN, NOS (1) (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) (B)(6) FEMALE, (B)(6) WHO UNDERWENT POSTERIOR CERVICOTHORACIC DECOMPRESSION FUSION WAS READMITTED FOR NEOPLASM, METASTATIC, BRAIN/SPINAL CORD. STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE (3) (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. (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. (B)(6) FEMALE (B)(6) WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR/POSTERIOR CERVICAL FUSION WAS READMITTED DUE TO STENOSIS, CERVICAL SPINE. STENOSIS, CERVICOTHORACIC SPINE (1) (B)(6) FEMALE (B)(6) WHO UNDERWENT ANTERIOR L3-S1 DECOMPRESSION FUSION WITH VERTIGRAFT, POSSIBLE

  Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

  MAUDE report 12135648 ↗