SWANSON G4700006Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00840420127556), received between Jul 28, 2021 and Jul 28, 2021 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fracture” (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.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryJul 28, 2021Fracture; Fracture

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A HAND SURGICAL PROCEDURE. SOMETIME POST-OP IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE METACARPOPHALANGEAL PROSTHESES OF THE INDEX FINGER (D2) AND MIDDLE FINGER (D3) WERE BROKEN AT THE PROSTHESIS JOINT. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN PERSISTENT PAIN AND OSTEOARTHRITIS FOR THE PATIENT. AN OPERATION HAD TO BE PERFORMED TO REPLACE THE DAMAGED PROSTHESES WITH OTHERS OF IDENTICAL CHARACTERISTICS BUT FROM ANOTHER LABORATORY. THE ORIGINAL INDEX FINGER PROSTHESIS WAS IMPLANTED BY THE SAME FACILITY HOWEVER THE MIDDLE FINGER PROSTHESES WAS IMPLANTED IN ANOTHER HOSPITAL AND WAS NOT ABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED.

  Patient problems: Arthritis; Pain

  MAUDE report 12242622 ↗