Zimmer Spine Issues Urgent WW Recall of Interbody Spacer Instrument

Zimmer Spine Issues Urgent Worldwide Medical Device Recall of the Inserter Instrument for the PEEK Ardis® Interbody Spacer (press release)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN) December 20, 2012—Zimmer Spine, Inc. is initiating a voluntary worldwide recall of all 315 units of the PEEK Ardis® Inserter. The Ardis Inserter is a surgical instrument used during spinal surgery to implant the PEEK Ardis Interbody Spacer. The inserters are being recalled because Zimmer Spine has received reports of PEEK Ardis Interbody Spacer implant breakage when the implant is subjected to excessive lateral and/or off-axis forces from t...