Affixus® Natural Nail® 47-2496-260-07Recalls & reported problems
Zimmer GmbH · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Affixus Natural Nail (55)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00889024506015), received between Jul 25, 2022 and Apr 22, 2025 — classified as 2 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Migration or Expulsion of Device” (1 report).
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 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Migration or Expulsion of Device1
- Separation Problem1
Patient problems
- Failure of Implant2
- Pain1
- Paresthesia1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryApr 22, 2025Separation Problem; Separation Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT HAD A CLOSED REDUCTION AND OSTEOSYNTHESIS WITH AN ENDOMEDULLARY NAIL OF THE RIGHT HUMERUS. SUBSEQUENTLY, 70 DAYS LATER, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH ANTEROEXTERNAL PAIN AND FIRST FINGER PARESTHESIA. IT WAS CONFIRMED RADIOGRAPHICALLY THAT ONE OF THE PROXIMAL SCREWS HAD MIGRATED. AND UNDERWENT A REVISION, THE MIGRATED SCREW WAS EXPLANTED WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. DILIGENCE IS COMPLETED AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Pain; Paresthesia
MAUDE report 21885162 ↗InjuryJul 25, 2022Migration or Expulsion of Device; Migration or Expulsion of Device
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A SHOULDER SURGERY, AND APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS LATER A REVISION SURGERY WAS DONE DUE TO THE SCREW LOOSENING AND GOT UNSCREWING. THE ANTERIOR OBLIQUE WAS ALSO LOOSE BUT DID NOT UNSCREWED LIKE THE TRANSVERSE ONE. DUE DILIGENCE IS IN PROGRESS FOR THIS COMPLAINT; TO DATE NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR PRODUCT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant
MAUDE report 15093035 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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