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INSTRUMENT 5650-4-512ARecalls & reported problems

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · PEG DRILL SIZE 1-2 TRIATHLON PKR INSTRUMENTS · Class 1

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Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 07613327252309), received between Sep 11, 2019 and Sep 11, 2019 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Difficult to Setup or Prepare” (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.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Device Difficult to Setup or Prepare1
  • Inadequacy of Device Shape and/or Size1

Patient problems

  • Bone Fracture(s)1
  • Injury1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjurySep 11, 2019Device Difficult to Setup or Prepare; Inadequacy of Device Shape and/or Size; Device Difficult to Setup or Prepare; Inadequacy of Device Shape and/or Size

    (B)(6) 2019 KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT DID. (B)(6) 2019,THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF PAIN AND HAD A FRACTURE IN THE TIBIA. AT FIRST, DR. DECIDED THAT IT WAS A TECHNICAL PROBLEM, BUT THERE WAS A FRACTURE STARTING FROM THE EXTENSION OF THE INNER PEG. # 2 HAD THE SAME LENGTH AS THE PEG # 3, # 1 AND # 2 ARE TOO LONG. THERE ARE NO REVISIONS, ETC., AND FOLLOW- UP IS IN PROGRESS.

    Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Injury

    MAUDE report 8994515 ↗

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