TRIGEN 71676536Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00885556038017), received between Feb 21, 2019 and Feb 21, 2019 — classified as 1 injury.

6 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K040212); 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

Recent adverse event reports

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

• InjuryFeb 21, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT SMITH & NEPHEW IMPLANTS THAT WERE PUT INTO PATIENT DURING HER FEMORAL FRACTURE SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2018. TWO WEEKS AFTER SURGERY SHE EXPERIENCED DRY SKIN WITH A BURNING SENSATION ON HER THIGHS AND FEET. A FEW DAYS LATER NON-ITCHY, PAIN-FREE ALLERGY LIKE RASHES BEGAN SHOWING UP ON VARIOUS PARTS OF HER BODY. THEY NEARLY DISAPPEAR ON APPLICATION OF ALOE VERA AND ALLEGRA TABLETS. HER DERMATOLOGIST DIAGNOSED THIS AS URTICARIA.

  Patient problems: Urticaria

  MAUDE report 8360005 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K040212. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-1133-2022 · Apr 22, 2022 · Open, Classified
  INTERTAN 1.5 NAIL 13mm X 42cm 130DEG. Left INTERTAN 1.5 NAIL 13mm X 42cm 130DEG. Right
• Z-0772-2021 · Nov 2, 2020 · Terminated
  Bone fixation nail. TRIGEN INTERTAN - Product Usage: indicated for fractures of the femur including simple shaft fractures, comminuted shaft fractures, spiral shaft fractures, long
• Z-0097-2018 · Oct 24, 2017 · Open, Classified
  smith&nephew TRIGEN INTERTAN 10S, REF 71675384, 10 MM X 18 CM NAIL, 130o (degrees), SET SCREW PREASSEMBLED IN NAIL
• Z-2258-2014 · Jul 2, 2014 · Terminated
  TRIGEN(R) INTERTAN(TM) 10MM X 18 CM NAIL, 125o, REF 71675201, QTY (1), STERILE R, Smith & Nephew, Memphis, Inc., TN 38116 TRIGEN(R) INTERTAN(TM) 11.5MM X 18 CM NAIL, 125o, REF 71
• Z-1636-2014 · Apr 4, 2014 · Terminated
  TRIGEN INTERTAN NAIL: (1) REF 71675201, 10 MM X 18 CM, 125 degree, (2) REF 71675202, 11.5 MM X 18 CM, 125 degree, (3) REF 71675203, 13 MM X 18 CM, 125 degree, (4) REF 71675204,
• Z-1637-2014 · Apr 4, 2014 · Terminated
  TRIGEN INTERTAN 1.5 NAIL: (1) REF 71676515, 10 MM X 10 CM, 125 degree, LEFT, (2) REF 71676556, 11.5 MM X 36 CM, 125 degree, RIGHT, (3) REF 71676558, 11.5 MM X 38 CM, 125 degree