Tornier Flex Shoulder System DWF714BRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 03700434020427), received between Dec 28, 2023 and Jul 15, 2025 — classified as 4 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (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 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryJul 15, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT, THE PATIENT HAD PRIMARY LEFT SHOULDER REPLACEMENT ON (B)(6) 2022. THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF PAIN, HAD ARTHROSCOPIC DEBRIDEMENT ON (B)(6) 2024, THE SPECIMENS TAKEN SHOWED INFECTED WITH C. ACNES BACTERIUM. MULTIPLE ARTHROSCOPIC WASHOUTS / DEBRIDEMENT PROCEDURES, WITH INSERTION OF ANTIBIOTIC BEADS INTO JOINT SPACE AND LONG-TERM ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY, WITH LAST PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2025. FURTHER SPECIMENS TAKEN DURING THIS PROCEDURE SHOWED PERSISTENT C. ACNES INFECTION, THOUGH SCANT. DURING THIS PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON MADE THE INTRA-OPERATIVE DECISION, TO REMOVE ALL PRIMARY IMPLANTS AND INSERT AN ANTIBIOTIC SPACER, & CONTINUE ANTIBIOTIC (IV AND ORAL) THERAPY, AND HAVE A 2ND STAGE JOINT REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS, WHEN ALL CLINICAL MARKERS INDICATE THE INFECTION IS ABSENT.

  Patient problems: Bacterial Infection

  MAUDE report 22511868 ↗
• InjuryJun 24, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  THIS EVENT IS REPORTABLE TO REVISION SURGERY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT ON THE SAME SHOULDER DUE TO RECURRENT DISLOCATIONS. THIS EVENT WILL BE FILED AS A SERIOUS INJURY. THIS MDR IS TO DOCUMENT THE SECOND REVISION SURGERY.

  Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

  MAUDE report 19596008 ↗
• InjuryJan 26, 2024Unstable; Unstable

  THE MANUFACTURER RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL JOINT REGISTRY THAT CONTAINS UNPUBLISHED COLLECTED DATA ON THE USAGE AND THE OUTCOMES WITH THE TORNIER SHOULDER SYSTEM. THE REPORT DETAILS ANALYSIS PROVIDED FOR PROCEDURES PERFORMED BETWEEN APRIL 2012 ¿ MAY 2022. DURING THE REVIEW OF THE REPORT, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT ON (B)(6) 2018 A PATIENT REQUIRED REVISION SURGERY DUE TO INSTABILITY, WHICH WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER.

  Patient problems: Joint Laxity

  MAUDE report 18592052 ↗
• InjuryDec 28, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THE MANUFACTURER RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL JOINT REGISTRY THAT CONTAINS UNPUBLISHED COLLECTED DATA ON THE USAGE AND THE OUTCOMES WITH THE TORNIER SHOULDER SYSTEM. THE REPORT DETAILS ANALYSIS PROVIDED FOR PROCEDURES PERFORMED BETWEEN (B)(6) 2022. DURING THE REVIEW OF THE REPORT, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT ON (B)(6) 2019 A PATIENT REQUIRED REVISION SURGERY DUE TO PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE, WHICH WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. REVISION PROCEDURE TYPE: SINGLE STAGE REVISION.

  Patient problems: Limb Fracture

  MAUDE report 18414538 ↗