INFINITY 33654408Recalls & reported problems
Wright Medical Technology, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant
All models of INFINITY (51)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 6
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 6
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 6 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00840420122797), received between Dec 20, 2021 and Feb 13, 2025 — classified as 6 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Osseointegration Problem” (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. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem5
- Osseointegration Problem1
Patient problems
- Swelling/ Edema2
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
- Bacterial Infection1
- Cyst(s)1
- Implant Pain1
- Inadequate Osseointegration1
- Inflammation1
- Numbness1
Recent adverse event reports
The 6 most recent of 6 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryFeb 13, 2025Osseointegration Problem; Osseointegration Problem
THE MANUFACTURER RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL JOINT REGISTRY THAT CONTAINS UNPUBLISHED COLLECTED DATA ON THE USAGE AND THE OUTCOMES OF THE ANKLE JOINT REPLACEMENT. THE REPORT DETAILS ANALYSIS PROVIDED FOR REVISION PROCEDURES PERFORMED UNTIL (B)(6) 2024. DURING THE REVIEW OF THE REPORT, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT ON (B)(6) 2023 A PATIENT REQUIRED REVISION SURGERY DUE TO ASEPTIC LOOSENING, WHICH WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. REVISION PROCEDURE TYPE: SINGLE STAGE REVISION (INCLUDES DAIR WITH MODULAR EXCHANGE AND MODULAR EXCHANGE FOR INDICATIONS OTHER THAN INFECTION)
Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration
MAUDE report 21381897 ↗InjuryDec 4, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE MANUFACTURER RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL JOINT REGISTRY THAT CONTAINS UNPUBLISHED COLLECTED DATA ON THE USAGE AND THE OUTCOMES OF THE ANKLE JOINT REPLACEMENT. THE REPORT DETAILS ANALYSIS PROVIDED FOR REVISION PROCEDURES PERFORMED BETWEEN (B)(6) 2018 ¿ (B)(6) 2023. DURING THE REVIEW OF THE REPORT, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT ON (B)(6) 2019 A PATIENT REQUIRED REVISION SURGERY DUE TO INFECTION, WHICH WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 20840947 ↗InjuryNov 14, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
AS REPORTED: "SUBJECT: (B)(6) UK INFINITY TOTAL ANKLE SYSTEM STUDY. SMALL GAPE AT THE DISTAL END OF THE SURGICAL WOUND WITH SOME OOZING. NARRATIVE OF ADVERSE EVENT: PATIENTS WIFE CONTACTED FOOT AND ANKLE HELPLINE REPORTED SMALL GAPE AT THE DISTAL END OF THE PATIENTS WOUND. WAS TO KEEP WOUND CLEAN AND DRY, THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF INFECTION. REVIEWED IN CLINIC (B)(6) 2018, SOME OOZING BUT IMPROVING, CLEANED AND REDRESSED AND TO BE KEPT DRY UNTIL SCAB FORMED."
Patient problems: Wound Dehiscence
MAUDE report 20682336 ↗InjuryOct 28, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
AS REPORTED: "STUDY UK INFINITY® TOTAL ANKLE SYSTEM SUBJECT: (B)(6). PATIENT HAD NUMBNESS."
Patient problems: Numbness
MAUDE report 20543325 ↗InjurySep 12, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED DURING CLINICAL FOLLOW UP THAT THE PATIENT HAD "HOT SWOLLEN RIGHT ANKLE, DEEP SEATED INFECTION DIAGNOSED. EMERGENCY ADMISSION FOLLOWING A MONTH HISTORY OF SWELLING, REDNESS AND HOT RIGHT ANKLE. PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THEATRE ON FOR A DEBRIDEMENT AND WASHOUT OF ABSCESS ON ANTERIOR ASPECT OF RIGHT ANKLE, FOLLOWED BY SURGERY ON THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR AN EXPLORATION OF LATERAL SIDE OF ANKLE (RIGHT) DEBRIDEMENT CURETTAGE OF CYSTS AND INSERTION OF STIMULATION PLUS CEREMET. TREATED WITH ORAL ANTIBIOTICS FOR 3 MONTHS, INFECTION THEN RESOLVED."
Patient problems: Bacterial Infection; Cyst(s); Inflammation; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 17730412 ↗InjuryDec 20, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT COMPLAINS OF RIGHT ANKLE PAIN AND SWELLING. HE HAS PAIN WITH INCREASED WALKING. HE HAS PAIN BOTH MEDIALLY AND LATERALLY. THE PATIENT HAS FAILED CONSERVATIVE MEASURES AND WOULD BENEFIT FROM SURGICAL INTERVENTION. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY APPROXIMATELY 31 MONTHS AFTER INITIAL SURGERY.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Implant Pain; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 13044395 ↗
Other PROSTHESIS, ANKLE, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER devices
- Vantage 350-22-03Exactech, Inc. · Prosthesis, Ankle, Semi-Constrained, Cemented, Metal/Polymer2 recalls2 reports
- Vantage 350-21-04Exactech, Inc. · Prosthesis, Ankle, Semi-Constrained, Cemented, Metal/Polymer2 recalls0 reports
- INFINITY 33630023Wright Medical Technology, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, ANKLE, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER60 reports
- INFINITY 33600020Wright Medical Technology, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, ANKLE, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER1 recall9 reports
- Vantage 350-22-02Exactech, Inc. · Prosthesis, Ankle, Semi-Constrained, Cemented, Metal/Polymer1 recall5 reports
- INFINITY 33650003Wright Medical Technology, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, ANKLE, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER55 reports
- INFINITY 33630022Wright Medical Technology, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, ANKLE, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER54 reports
- INFINITY 33600030Wright Medical Technology, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, ANKLE, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER1 recall4 reports
Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- 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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