SERFAS Energy 0279401100Recalls & reported problems
Stryker Corporation · 90-S Max, Suction Probe, Non-bendable, Max Cut Level 11 · Class 2
All models of SERFAS Energy (17)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
Quick summary
This Stryker SERFAS suction probe is an electrosurgical tool used in surgery to cut and seal tissue and suction fluid. The 85 reports mostly describe the probe breaking during procedures, sometimes leaving pieces behind, along with weak or no energy delivery and unplanned continuous firing; there are 12 injuries and no deaths. No recalls name this device. Reports have fallen, with 1 in the past 12 months versus 7 in the prior 12 months.
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- Adverse event reports
- 85
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 12
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 85 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 07613327057027), received between May 30, 2018 and Jan 12, 2026 — classified as 12 injuries, 73 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Continuous Firing” (25 reports).
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
- Continuous Firing25
- Break24
- Activation Problem6
- Material Fragmentation6
- Overheating of Device5
- Self-Activation or Keying4
- Sparking4
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem3
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions47
- No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient34
- Insufficient Information14
- Burn(s)5
- Device Embedded In Tissue or Plaque3
- Foreign Body In Patient2
- No Consequences Or Impact To Patient2
- Superficial (First Degree) Burn2
Recent adverse event reports
The 25 most recent of 85 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionJan 12, 2026Material Fragmentation
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE WHITE PIECE AT THE DISTAL END OF THE SERFAS PROBE HAS BROKEN OFF. THEY WERE ABLE TO REMOVE THE PIECE FROM THE JOINT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 24045889 ↗MalfunctionOct 30, 2025Material Fragmentation; Material Fragmentation
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PROBE STOPPED SUCTIONING AND PRODUCED A LOT OF BUBBLES. THE SURGEON THEN REMOVED IT AND REALIZED THAT A PIECE WAS MISSING, WHICH WAS RECOVERED. NO CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PATIENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 23430798 ↗MalfunctionMar 11, 2025Material Fragmentation; Material Fragmentation
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE BROKE DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE PIECE WAS REMOVED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21576137 ↗MalfunctionJan 3, 2025Failure to Deliver Energy; Failure to Deliver Energy
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE HAD INSUFFICIENT / NO ENERGY DELIVERED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21070627 ↗MalfunctionJan 2, 2025Failure to Deliver Energy; Failure to Deliver Energy
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE HAD INSUFFICIENT / NO ENERGY DELIVERED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21061335 ↗MalfunctionDec 23, 2024Device Contaminated During Manufacture or Shipping; Device Contaminated During Manufacture or Shipping
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE HAD FOREIGN MATERIAL IN THE STERILE PACKAGING.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21000510 ↗MalfunctionNov 27, 2024Continuous Firing; Continuous Firing
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVATED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 20799402 ↗MalfunctionNov 5, 2024Failure to Deliver Energy; Failure to Deliver Energy
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE HAD INSUFFICIENT / NO ENERGY DELIVERED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 20614477 ↗MalfunctionSep 25, 2024Material Fragmentation; Material Fragmentation
IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOR THE DEVICE BROKE DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE PIECES WERE NOT LEFT IN PATIENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 20301108 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2024Overheating of Device; Overheating of Device
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SURGEON ACTIVATED A 90S-MAX SERFAS WAND AND NOTICED THAT HEAT WAS NOT COMING FROM THE OPERATIVE SIDE OF THE DEVICE BUT FROM THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEVICE HEAD. THIS RESULTED IN PART OF THE HUMERAL HEAD BEING BURNED. NO MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS REQUIRED AND THE BURN WAS UNSTAGED.
Patient problems: Burn(s)
MAUDE report 20091714 ↗MalfunctionAug 14, 2024Excessive Heating; Excessive Heating
IT WAS REPORTED THAT HEAT WAS NOT COMING FROM THE OPERATIVE SIDE OF THE DEVICE BUT FROM THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEVICE HEAD. PART OF THE HUMERAL HEAD WAS BURNED BY DEVICE. IT IS AN UNSTAGED BURN WHICH DID NOT REQUIRED MEDICAL INTERVENTION.
Patient problems: Burn(s)
MAUDE report 19987249 ↗MalfunctionJul 30, 2024Material Fragmentation; Material Fragmentation
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE BROKE DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE PIECE WAS REMOVED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 19868103 ↗InjuryJun 14, 2024Excessive Heating; Excessive Heating
IT WAS REPORTED WITHIN THE PUBLICATION "ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE FROM RADIOFREQUENCY THERMAL ABLATION WANDS AT WRIST ARTHROSCOPY" (GIDDINS ET AL., 2021) THAT AN 18-YEAR-OLD MAN SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO HIS RIGHT WRIST PLAYING RUGBY. RADIOGRAPHS AND MRI ARTHROGRAM SHOWED NO PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS, BUT HE REMAINED SYMPTOMATIC. AT 2 YEARS AFTER INJURY HE UNDERWENT A WRIST ARTHROSCOPY. AT SURGERY NO FRANK TEAR COULD BE SEEN BUT IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THE SCAPHOLUNATE LIGAMENT APPEARED TO ¿SAG¿, INDICATING POTENTIAL INSTABILITY. IT WAS THEREFORE TREATED WITH ¿THERMAL SHRINKAGE¿ USING A STRYKER RADIO FREQUENCY WAND (STRYKER, KALAMAZOO, MI, USA). FOLLOWING THIS HIS SYMPTOMS DETERIORATED. AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS THE ADJACENT PROXIMAL SURFACES OF THE SCAPHOID AND LUNATE DEVELOPED LUCENT AREAS. THIS PROGRESSED TO A CLEAR DIASTASIS OF THE SCAPHOLUNATE JOINT WITH CARPAL COLLAPSE OVER THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND WAS TREATED WITH A ¿MODIFIED BRUNELLI¿ RECONSTRUCTION, WITH INITIAL SYMPTOMATIC IMPROVEMENT. HIS SYMPTOMS THEN GRADUALLY DETERIORATED OVER THE FOLLOWING 4 YEARS. A SECOND OPINION WAS SOUGHT BY THE PATIENT IN A NEIGHBORING CENTER. IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THE RADIOGRAPHIC LUCENCIES VISIBLE
Patient problems: Damage to Ligament(s)
MAUDE report 19538006 ↗MalfunctionOct 6, 2023Continuous Firing; Continuous Firing
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVATED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 17889985 ↗MalfunctionAug 2, 2023Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE BROKE DURING PROCEDURE. ALL PIECES WERE RETRIEVED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 17446345 ↗MalfunctionMay 9, 2023Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE BROKE DURING THE PROCEDURE. ALL PIECES WERE RETRIEVED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16899018 ↗MalfunctionMay 9, 2023Contamination /Decontamination Problem; Contamination /Decontamination Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS FOREIGN MATERIAL IN THE STERILE PACKAGING.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16899014 ↗MalfunctionApr 13, 2023Continuous Firing; Continuous Firing
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVATED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16734242 ↗MalfunctionMar 1, 2023Break; Insufficient Device Problem Information; Break; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE TIP OF THE DEVICE BROKE DURING PROCEDURE. ALL PIECES WERE RETRIEVED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16463979 ↗MalfunctionJan 13, 2023Continuous Firing; Continuous Firing
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVATED.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16161589 ↗MalfunctionJan 6, 2023Continuous Firing; Sparking; Continuous Firing; Sparking
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVATED AND SPARKED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16111049 ↗MalfunctionJan 6, 2023Continuous Firing; Sparking; Continuous Firing; Sparking
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVATED AND SPARKED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16111047 ↗MalfunctionDec 21, 2022Continuous Firing; Continuous Firing
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE WAS CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVATING.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16024091 ↗MalfunctionJun 6, 2022Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE BROKE DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE PIECE WAS RETRIEVED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 14607134 ↗MalfunctionFeb 17, 2022Continuous Firing; Continuous Firing
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE WAS CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVATING.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 13549301 ↗
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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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