FDA Recall: Soft Anomalies May Lead to Navigation Orientation Errors

Company: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
Date of Enforcement Report: 10/10/2024
Class II

PRODUCT

StealthStation S8 App versions 1.3.0 and 1.3.2, (Model # 9735762) The StealthStation System, with StealthStation Spine software, is intended as an aid for precisely locating anatomical structures in either open or percutaneous neurosurgical and orthopedic procedures.

Recall Number:

Z-0050-2025

REASON:

Due to two software anomalies that can occur within a spine procedure. Two issues are: 1. Navigation Orientation – when lateral orientation radiographic images are taken, information may appear flipped when utilizing the system (180 degree flipped). 2. Pop-up Message – when using CT+Fluouroscopy images with a slice spacing thickness greater than 2mm, the system does not display a pop-up message indicating the slice spacing is not optimal.

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER:

Medtronic Navigation, Inc.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE:

1,801 systems

DISTRIBUTION:

Worldwide – U.S Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, Puerto Rico, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and WV. The countries of Argentina, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, Brazil, BULGARIA, CANADA, CHILE, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, CROATIA, CYPRUS, DENMARK, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, GUADELOUPE, HUNGARY, ICELAND, India, ISRAEL, ITALY, Japan, Jordan, KAZAKHSTAN, KENYA, LEBANON, LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, LITHUANIA, Malaysia, MARTINIQUE, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, NICARAGUA, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PANAMA, Philippines, POLAND, PUERTO RICO, QATAR, Republic of Korea, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA, SERBIA, Singapore, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, Turkey, UKRAINE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM

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