VuePointRecalls & reported problems across all models
Nuvasive, Inc. · 26 models in the FDA device registry
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 33
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 5
- Recalls
- 0
We found 26 models of VuePoint by Nuvasive, Inc. in the FDA's device registry (GUDID). Together they are named in 33 adverse event reports in the FDA's MAUDE database, received between Jan 14, 2016 and Apr 29, 2026 — classified as 5 injuries, 28 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fracture” (12 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. Widely used products collect more reports, so totals can't be used to compare products or estimate failure rates. Only reports that name a model's exact device identifier are counted. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works
Reports received per month, all models
Most reported VuePoint problems
Device problems
- Fracture12
- Detachment Of Device Component4
- Separation Problem4
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem3
- Break3
- Migration or Expulsion of Device3
- Detachment of Device or Device Component2
- Loose or Intermittent Connection2
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions15
- Failure of Implant9
- No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient3
- Pain3
- Fall2
- Bone Fracture(s)1
- Hematoma1
- Insufficient Information1
VuePoint models
26 models, most reported first. Each model has its own page with its reports, recalls and device details.
- VuePoint 7905428APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL4 reports
- VuePoint 8970000Orthosis, cervical pedicle screw spinal fixation4 reports
- VuePoint 7905836APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL2 reports
- VuePoint 8977105Orthopedic manual surgical instrument1 report
- VuePoint 8976240APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 7905324APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 7905326APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 7906120APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 7906300APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 7906335APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 7906340APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 8975000APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 8975430APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 8975514APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 8975618APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 8976408APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 8976412APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 8980014P3APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 8980018P3APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 8980130P3APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 8980422P3Orthosis, cervical pedicle screw spinal fixation1 report
- VuePoint 8980428P3Orthosis, cervical pedicle screw spinal fixation1 report
- VuePoint 8970000P3APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 8976030P3APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 8976128P3APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL1 report
- VuePoint 8980000POrthosis, cervical pedicle screw spinal fixation1 report
Recent VuePoint adverse event reports
The 15 most recent reports across all models, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionApr 29, 2026Break; Fracture
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SCREWS BROKE 2 WEEKS POST OP. THIS WAS THE SECOND EVENT AFTER THE SCREWS BROKE PUTTING THEM IN UPON INSERTION ON THE ORIGINAL CASE DATE.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 25033870 ↗InjuryJul 26, 2024Device Misassembled During Manufacturing /Shipping; Device Misassembled During Manufacturing /Shipping
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A POSTERIOR CERVICAL FUSION PROCEDURE FROM C2 TO C5. THE PROCEDURE WAS PLANNED USING BILATERAL OFFSET CONNECTORS; HOWEVER, AN OFFSET CONNECTOR COULD NOT BE USED ON THE LEFT C2 SIDE BECAUSE THE LOCK SCREW WAS MOUNTED UPSIDE-DOWN AND COULD NOT BE ORIENTED CORRECTLY DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE SURGEON OPTED TO CHANGE THE SURGICAL PLAN, WHICH INCLUDED AN ADDITIONAL INCISION MADE TO INSERT THE LOCK SCREW AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF C2 AS THE INITIAL SCREW PLACEMENT WAS TURNED OUTWARD. THE DELAY AND ADDITIONAL PROCEDURAL STEPS CONTRIBUTED TO THE TOTAL OPERATIVE TIME BEING EXTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 19844565 ↗MalfunctionJul 18, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Separation Problem; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Separation Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE A PATIENT SUSTAINED A FALL. THE PATIENT RETURNED TO THE CLINIC FOR EVALUATION WHERE RADIOGRAPHS IDENTIFIED TWO PEDICLE SCREW TULIPS HAD SEPARATED FROM THE SCREW SHANKS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A REVISION PROCEDURE TOOK PLACE ON (B)(6) 2024 WHERE HARDWARE WAS REMOVED. NO OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Fall; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 19774341 ↗MalfunctionJul 18, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Separation Problem; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Separation Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE A PATIENT SUSTAINED A FALL. THE PATIENT RETURNED TO THE CLINIC FOR EVALUATION WHERE RADIOGRAPHS IDENTIFIED TWO PEDICLE SCREW TULIPS HAD SEPARATED FROM THE SCREW SHANKS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A REVISION PROCEDURE TOOK PLACE ON (B)(6) 2024 WHERE HARDWARE WAS REMOVED. NO OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED. (NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION LISTED ON SECTION H10).
Patient problems: Fall; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 19774335 ↗MalfunctionOct 20, 2023Fracture; Fracture
ON (B)(6) 2018 A PATIENT UNDERWENT A CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION PROCEDURE ON UNCONFIRMED LEVELS OF THE SPINE. THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT ISSUE. ON (B)(6) 2023 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE TO ADDRESS THREE FRACTURED. DURING THE REVISION PORTIONS OF THE FRACTURED SCREWS WERE REMOVED BUT NOT ALL FRACTURED PORTIONS COULD BE RETRIEVED FROM THE VERTEBRAL BODIES AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY LEFT IN SITU. THE REVISION WAS COMPLETED WITH NO ADDITIONAL REPORTED ISSUES TO THE PATIENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 17971758 ↗MalfunctionOct 19, 2023Fracture; Fracture
ON (B)(6) 2018 A PATIENT UNDERWENT A CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION PROCEDURE ON UNCONFIRMED LEVELS OF THE SPINE. THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT ISSUE. ON (B)(6) 2023 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE TO ADDRESS THREE FRACTURED. DURING THE REVISION PORTIONS OF THE FRACTURED SCREWS WERE REMOVED BUT NOT ALL FRACTURED PORTIONS COULD BE RETRIEVED FROM THE VERTEBRAL BODIES AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY LEFT IN SITU. THE REVISION WAS COMPLETED WITH NO ADDITIONAL REPORTED ISSUES TO THE PATIENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 17970670 ↗MalfunctionOct 19, 2023Fracture; Fracture
ON (B)(6) 2018, A PATIENT UNDERWENT A SPINAL FUSION PROCEDURE ON UNCONFIRMED LEVELS OF THE SPINE. THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT ISSUE. ON (B)(6) 2023, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE TO ADDRESS THREE FRACTURED. DURING THE REVISION PORTIONS OF THE FRACTURED SCREWS WERE REMOVED BUT NOT ALL FRACTURED PORTIONS COULD BE RETRIEVED FROM THE VERTEBRAL BODIES AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY LEFT IN SITU. THE REVISION WAS COMPLETED WITH NO ADDITIONAL REPORTED ISSUES TO THE PATIENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 17970564 ↗MalfunctionMar 22, 2023Fracture; Fracture
ON (B)(6), 2023 DURING A SPINAL PROCEDURE A ROD CUTTER BROKE WHILE CUTTING A 3.5 MM TITANIUM ROD. A PIECE OF THE INSTRUMENT FLEW INTO THE FACE OF ONE OF THE STAFF ASSISTING IN THE SURGERY AND CAUSED INJURY.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16593525 ↗MalfunctionDec 13, 2022Fracture; Material Deformation; Fracture; Material Deformation
IN (B)(6) 2022 A PATIENT UNDERWENT A LAMINECTOMY AND FUSION PROCEDURE AT C3/4 DUE TO CHIN ON CHEST AND EXTREME KYPHOSIS FOLLOWING CERVICAL LAMINECTOMY AND SPONDYLODESIS AT C3/4. APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MONTHS POST OP THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED "CRACKLING" NOISES FROM THEIR NECK AND SUBSEQUENT IMAGING FOUND THE OCCIPITAL PLATE HAD FRACTURED AT THE TULIP ON ONE SIDE OF THE PLATE AND THERE WAS NOTED LUXATION OF THE ROD CONNECTED TO THE TULIP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLATE. ON (B)(6) 2022 AN ANTERIOR CORPECTOMY WAS PERFORMED FROM C5-7 WITH POSTERIOR FIXATION INSTALLATION FROM OCCIPUT TO T4 TO ADDRESS EXTREME CERVICAL KYPHOSIS.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 15974094 ↗MalfunctionAug 19, 2022Migration or Expulsion of Device; Migration or Expulsion of Device
ON (B)(6)2021 A PATIENT UNDERWENT A CERVICAL POSTERIOR FIXATION PROCEDURE FROM O-C2. THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT ISSUE. ON (B)(6)2022 IT WAS DISCOVERED THE RIGHT SCREW AT C2 HAD LOOSENED AND THE SET SCREW IN THE LEFT C2 HAD BACKED OUT. THE PATIENT WAS ASYMPTOMATIC AND THEIR POST OP ACTIVITY LEVELS COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. ON (B)(6)2022 A REVISION SURGERY OCCURRED WHERE THE RIGHT LOOSENED PEDICLE SCREW AND THE BACKED OUT SET SCREW WHERE REPLACED. THE PATIENT CONTINUES TO REMAIN ASYMPTOMATIC POST REVISION.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 15261820 ↗MalfunctionNov 12, 2021Fracture; Fracture
ON AN UNKNOWN DATE A PATIENT UNDERWENT A SPINAL PROCEDURE. ON (B)(6) 2021 A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED DUE TO ONE OF THE LATERAL WINGS OF THE ARTICULATING PLATE FRACTURING OFF THE MAIN PLATE AT THE CIRCULAR INTERFACE.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 12807160 ↗MalfunctionAug 24, 2021Fracture; Fracture
(B)(6) 2021: FIXATION OF O/C2 WITH VUEPOINT II PERFORMED. (B)(6) 2021 (DATE UNKNOWN): WHEN THE PATIENT TURNED TO THE SIDE, SHE HEARD A BREAKING SOUND AND THE C2 SCREW WAS FOUND FRACTURED IN THE CONSULTATION. ON (B)(6) 2021 A PATIENT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE AT OCCIPITAL/C2. ON (B)(6) 2021 DURING A FOLLOW UP IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE IN AUGUST THE PATIENT TURNED TO THE SIDE AND HEARD A BREAKING SOUND. A RADIOGRAPH REVEALED A SCREW FRACTURE. NO REVISION SURGERY PLANNED. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12363111 ↗MalfunctionAug 18, 2021Separation Problem; Separation Problem
NEW INFORMATION IDENTIFIED ON H10.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12338037 ↗MalfunctionAug 18, 2021Separation Problem; Separation Problem
NEW INFORMATION IDENTIFIED ON H10.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12338024 ↗MalfunctionApr 5, 2021Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth
CORRECTED INFORMATION LISTED IN H10.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 11615206 ↗
Other Nuvasive, Inc. products
All Nuvasive, Inc. devices →Sources and updates
- Models: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Models are grouped by the brand name the manufacturer registered.
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026
- 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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