Conventus Cage - PH, Medium PH-MRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00814289020709), received between Jun 28, 2019 and Sep 20, 2019 — classified as 1 injury, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Slipped” (1 report).

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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjurySep 20, 2019Device Slipped

  ON (B)(6) 2019, THE SURGEON IMPLANTED CONVENTUS PH CAGE IN THE LEFT ARM OF THE PATIENT. ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PATIENT FELL ON HER LEFT ARM. AROUND (B)(6) 2019 (THE EXACT DATE UNKNOWN), THE SURGEON IDENTIFIED THAT THE PH CAGE HAD SLIPPED INTO VARUS AND DECIDED TO REMOVE A SCREW APPLIED TO THE PH CAGE. ON (B)(6) 2019, THE SCREW WAS REMOVED. ON (B)(6) 2019, THE SURGEON IDENTIFIED THE PATIENT HAD AN INFECTION AT THE IMPLANT SITE AND DECIDED TO REMOVE THE PH CAGE IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2019. ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PH CAGE WAS REMOVED.

  Patient problems: Fall; Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 9101193 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 28, 2019Misassembly by Users; Misassembly by Users

  IN (B)(6) 2016, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH A FAILED UNION OF A TWO-PART PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURE FIXED WITH COMPETITIVE PROXIMAL HUMERUS PLATE (IMPLANT DEVICE NOT MANUFACTURED BY CONVENTUS). THE HUMERAL HEAD HAD COLLAPSED INTO VARUS. WHEN AND WHO INITIALLY PERFORMED THE IMPLANTATION OF THE COMPETITIVE PRODUCT ARE UNKNOWN. THE SURGEON REVISED THE FAILED FRACTURE WITH A CONVENTUS PH CAGE AND PLATE. ON (B)(6) 2017, DURING THE FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT, THE SURGEON NOTED THE HUMERAL HEAD WAS STARTING TO FALL BACK INTO VARUS AGAIN. THE PATIENT CHOSE TO LEAVE THE IMPLANT IN PLACE UNTIL (B)(6) 2019. ON (B)(6) 2019, A CONVENTUS EMPLOYEE WAS PRESENT DURING THE EXPLANT PROCEDURE, WHERE THE CONVENTUS CAGE IMPLANT WAS REMOVED. AFTER OVER TWO YEARS WITH A NON-UNION, THE IMPLANT WAS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED. AFTER REMOVAL, SOME SMALL METAL FRAGMENTS FROM THE CONVENTUS PH CAGE DEVICE WERE FOUND LEFT BEHIND IN THE POST-OP X-RAYS OF THE SHOULDER PROSTHESIS.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 8746455 ↗