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COMPREHENSIVE® SHOULDER INSTRUMENTS 407398Recalls & reported problems

Biomet Orthopedics, LLC · Class 2

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 00880304456648), received between Jan 11, 2021 and Jan 11, 2021 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Difficult to Insert” (1 report).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K193038); they may or may not involve this specific model.

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

  • Difficult to Insert1

Patient problems

  • No Code Available1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryJan 11, 2021Difficult to Insert; Difficult to Insert

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A COMPREHENSIVE REVERSE TOTAL SHOULDER PROCEDURE A HUMERAL STEM COULD NOT BE ATTACHED TO THE INSERTER. THE STEM WAS INSERTED BY HAND, AND THEN THE HUMERAL TRAY WOULD NOT ENGAGE THE STEM. THE STEM WAS THEN REMOVED. ADDITIONAL BROACHING WAS REQUIRED AND A LARGER SIZE STEM WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE.

    Patient problems: No Code Available

    MAUDE report 11146917 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K193038. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-1403-2025 · Mar 3, 2025 · Open, Classified
    Comprehensive Shoulder Stem, Comprehensive Micro Stem, Comprehensive Mini Stem; uncemented shoulder prosthesis, Model Nos. 113605, 113606, 113607, 113627

Other PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED devices

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