N/A 09-0364Recalls & reported problems
Biomet Microfixation, Inc · Class 1
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00841036028978), received between Oct 23, 2019 and Oct 23, 2019 — 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
Device problems
- Fracture1
Patient problems
- Injury1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryOct 23, 2019Fracture; Fracture
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ELEVATOR FRACTURED AT THE TIP AND BECAME STUCK IN THE PATIENT'S GUMS/TEETH AND WAS SURGICALLY CUT OUT. NO ADDITIONAL PATIENT CONSEQUENCES WERE REPORTED.
Patient problems: Injury
MAUDE report 9225273 ↗
Other ELEVATOR, SURGICAL, DENTAL devices
- N/A 09-0257Biomet Microfixation, Inc · ELEVATOR, SURGICAL, DENTAL57 reports
- N/A 09-0252Biomet Microfixation, Inc · ELEVATOR, SURGICAL, DENTAL49 reports
- N/A SP-2359Biomet Microfixation, Inc · ELEVATOR, SURGICAL, DENTAL28 reports
- N/A 09-0313Biomet Microfixation, Inc · ELEVATOR, SURGICAL, DENTAL17 reports
- N/A 09-0262Biomet Microfixation, Inc · ELEVATOR, SURGICAL, DENTAL15 reports
- N/A 09-0386Biomet Microfixation, Inc · ELEVATOR, SURGICAL, DENTAL9 reports
- N/A 09-0259Biomet Microfixation, Inc · ELEVATOR, SURGICAL, DENTAL8 reports
- N/A 09-0258Biomet Microfixation, Inc · ELEVATOR, SURGICAL, DENTAL8 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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