TRIGEN 71675539Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00885556345641), received between May 9, 2017 and Dec 6, 2024 — classified as 2 injuries.

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

6 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K040212, K241804); 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 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryDec 6, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT INTERTROCHANTERIC IMN FIXATION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2019. AFTER THIS PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT SUSTAINED A WOUND INFECTION WITH RECURRENT DRAINAGE AND PRESCENCE OF HEMATOMA WHICH REQUIRED EVACUATION AND ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIPTION ON (B)(6) 2019. 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: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 20869568 ↗
• InjuryMay 9, 2017Fracture; Fracture

  IT WAS REPORTED THE INTERTAN NAIL WAS SCHEDULED TO BE REMOVED, AND A BLADE PLATE IMPLANTED. THE INTERTAN HAD BROKEN AT THE HOLE FOR THE LAG/COMPRESSION SCREW, AND THE HEAD OF THE COMPRESSION SCREW WAS ALSO BROKEN OFF. THE NAIL HAD FAILED BECAUSE THE PATIENT HAD A HYPERTROPHIC NON-UNION. THE SURGEON WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE BROKEN COMPRESSION SCREW BECAUSE THERE IS NO INSTRUMENTATION OR TECHNIQUE FOR REMOVING IT THAT WILL SPARE ENOUGH OF THE FEMORAL HEAD AND NECK TO ALLOW FOR IMPLANTATION OF A BLADE PLATE. THE SURGEON ELECTED STOP THE PROCEDURE AND RETURN THE PATIENT TO THE OR TWO DAYS LATER WHEN HE WAS PREPARED TO PREFORM A TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY.

  Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

  MAUDE report 6555335 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K040212, K241804. 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-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,