Ambassador 05-100-07-4014Recalls & reported problems
Choice Spine, LP · Class 2 · Implant
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 0
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10885862269485), received between Jan 31, 2020 and Mar 21, 2023 — classified as 2 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Migration” (2 reports).
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
Device problems
- Migration2
Patient problems
- Pain1
- Unspecified Musculoskeletal problem1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionMar 21, 2023Migration; Migration
PATIENT UNDERWENT A 1 LEVEL, C6 ANTERIOR CERVICAL CORPECTOMY PROCEDURE IN WHICH ANOTHER COMPANY'S CORPECTOMY CAGE AND THE AMBASSADOR PLATE WERE USED. AT THE PATIENT'S 4-MONTH POSTOP FOLLOW-UP VISIT, THE PATIENT REPORTED A RECENT FALL AND X-RAYS REVEALED THAT AN AMBASSADOR SCREW MIGRATED ANTERIORLY OUT OF THE C5 VERTEBRAL BODY. DR. WEISENTHAL COMMENTED THAT THE CORPECTOMY CAGE COULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 2MM SHORTER WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED HIM TO SEAT IT FURTHER. THE PATIENT WAS ASYMPTOMATIC, BUT DR. WEISENTHAL WAS CONCERNED WITH THE PATIENT'S PROGNOSIS AND DECIDED TO TAKE THE PATIENT BACK FOR A 2ND SURGERY IN WHICH HE DID AN ACDF AT THE C4/5 LEVEL, PLACED AN ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE FROM C4 TO C7, AND DID A POSTERIOR CERVICAL FUSION FROM C4 TO T1. HE UTILIZED TIGER SHARK C FOR THE C4/5 INTERBODY, A 3-LEVEL AMBASSADOR PLATE, AND A COMPETITIVE COMPANY FOR THE POSTERIOR CERVICAL SCREW SYSTEM.
Patient problems: Unspecified Musculoskeletal problem
MAUDE report 16586791 ↗MalfunctionJan 31, 2020Migration; Migration
PATIENT CAME IN COMPLAINING OF THROAT PAIN WHICH WAS DUE TO SCREW BACKING OUT. THE LOCKING DEVICE ON THE AMBASSADOR PLATE FAILED CAUSING SCREW TO BACKOUT. BOTH 4.0MMX14MM SCREWS WERE REMOVED FROM PATIENT WITH NO INJURY.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 9652616 ↗
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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 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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