TRIGEN 71676559Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00885556040102), received between Sep 24, 2022 and Dec 9, 2024 — classified as 3 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fracture” (1 report).

10 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K040212, K210980); 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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryDec 9, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT, FOLLOWING A LEFT IMN FIXATION PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2022 DUE TO AN UNKNOWN DIAGNOSIS, THE PATIENT REQUIRED A THA CONVERSION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2022 DUE TO FRACTURE NONUNION. THIS INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED RETROSPECTIVELY AS PART OF A POST-MARKET CLINICAL FOLLOW UP (PMCF) ACTIVITY AND IS PROVIDED IN AN ANONYMIZED FORMAT; THEREFORE, NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

  Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

  MAUDE report 20886429 ↗
• InjuryAug 22, 2024Fracture; Fracture

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER AN INTERNAL FIXATION WAS PERFORMED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT SUFFERED A FALL, AND THE INTERTAN 1.5 11.5MMX40CM 125D LT AND COMPRESSION SCREW BROKE INSIDE OF THEM. NAIL AND SCREWS HAD TO BE REMOVED AND A NEW IMPLANT SET WAS PUT IN ON (B)(6) 2024. PATIENT'S CURRENT HEALTH STATUS IS UNKNOWN, NO OTHER COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Fall

  MAUDE report 20030480 ↗
• InjurySep 24, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER AN INTERNAL FIXATION PROCEDURE HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE PATIENT'S LEFT FEMUR ON (B)(6) 2019 TO TREAT A FEMORAL SHAFT FRACTURE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A DELAYED HEALING AND PERSISTENT DRAINAGE OF HIS PROXIMAL INCISION TWELVE (12) WEEKS POSTOPERATIVELY (IN OR AROUND (B)(6) 2019). ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO ACTIVE SIGNS OF INFECTION, THE PATIENT WAS GIVEN A ONE-WEEK COURSE OF ANTIBIOTIC (BACTRIM) AND THE INCISION EVENTUALLY HEALED. THIS INCIDENT WAS NOTICED IN A RETROSPECTIVE POST-MARKET CLINICAL FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY (PMCF)], ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NOT KNOWN, AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO COLLECT IT, WE DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT NEGATIVE FEEDBACK TO RETRIEVE FURTHER INFORMATION. ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION HAS BEEN DISCLOSED. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHOULD BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY.

  Patient problems: Fluid Discharge; Impaired Healing

  MAUDE report 15476777 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K040212, K210980. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-2456-2026 · Mar 16, 2026 · Open, Classified
  TRIGEN PROXIMAL STRAIGHT HUMERAL NAIL 8/7 X 16, REF: 71760816
• Z-1806-2025 · Mar 18, 2025 · Open, Classified
  META-TAN LAG/COMPRESSION SCREW KIT 90MM/85MM, REF: 71642690
• Z-2443-2023 · Jul 24, 2023 · Open, Classified
  TRIGEN TROCHANTERIC ANTEGRADE NAIL LIME 11.5MM X 36CM 130 DEGREE LEFT, REF 71647336, Femur nail
• Z-2444-2023 · Jul 24, 2023 · Open, Classified
  TRIGEN TROCHANTERIC ANTEGRADE NAIL LIME 11.5MM X 40CM 130 DEGREE LEFT, REF 71647340, Femur nail
• 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-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
• 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,