RIBFIX BLU SYSTEM 76-2412-5PKRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00841036197872), received between Jan 3, 2020 and Jan 3, 2020 — 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 18, 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.

• InjuryJan 3, 2020Fracture; Fracture

  IT WAS REPORTED ONE RIB PLATE WAS FOUND FRACTURED DURING THE REMOVAL OF A FURTHER TWO FRACTURED RIB PLATES. THE PATIENT SUFFERED RIB FRACTURES FOLLOWING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS AGO. IN (B)(6) 2019, THREE PLATES WERE USED DURING THE OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION OF THE SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH RIBS. IN LATE (B)(6) OR EARLY(B)(6) 2019, THE RIB PLATES ON RIBS SIX AND SEVEN WERE CONFIRMED FRACTURED BY X-RAY IMAGING. AT A LATER UNSPECIFIED DATE, THE THIRD RIB PLATE ON RIB EIGHT FRACTURED. A REVISION SURGERY REMOVED ALL THREE FRACTURED PLATES AND CORRESPONDING SCREWS. NO ADDITIONAL PATIENT CONSEQUENCES WERE REPORTED.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 9547264 ↗