NuVasive Selling Titanium-Based Precice Orthopedic Devices Again, Launches Recall To Update IFU
Meanwhile, steel-based Precice devices are still under a July recall action and remain off the market
Executive Summary
NuVasive Inc. is marketing its Precice specialized orthopedic devices made of titanium once again after voluntarily pulling them from the market in April over concerns about the safety of the steel-based version of the product. The firm also initiated a recall to address changes in the instructions for use for titanium Precice.
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