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Ascend™ 502452Recalls & reported problems

Tornier, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant

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 00846832004362), received between Aug 23, 2023 and Aug 23, 2023 — classified as 1 injury.

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

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Failure of Implant1
  • Fall1
  • Limb Fracture1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryAug 23, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THE SHOUT TORNIER SHOULDER OUTCOMES STUDY INVOLVED A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A REVISION DUE TO A FRACTURE. THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED: STEM: AEQUALIS ASCEND 8B PTC; HUMERAL HEAD: ASCEND 52X20 HIGH OFFSET; GLENOID: AFFIINITI 56 PEGGED. AN UPDATE, PROVIDED AT A LATER DATE, REVEALED THAT THE FRACTURE RESULTED FROM A FALL FROM A LADDER CAUSING A DISPLACED PERIPROSTHETIC PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURE.

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Fall; Limb Fracture

    MAUDE report 17607175 ↗

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