DELTA XTEND 2307-90-005Recalls & reported problems
Depuy (Ireland) · DELTA Xtend DRILL BIT Diameter 2,5 x 170 MM · Class 1
All models of DELTA XTEND (194)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
Quick summary
This DePuy Delta Xtend drill bit is a small surgical drill used during shoulder arthroplasty. Its 60 reports mostly describe the bit breaking during surgery or during sterilization, sometimes failing to cut, getting stuck, or going dull; a few describe a fragment breaking off and staying in the bone, covered with a screw. There are 2 injuries and no deaths. There are no recalls naming this device.
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- Adverse event reports
- 59
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 59 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295116547), received between Jun 30, 2017 and May 12, 2026 — classified as 1 injury, 58 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (33 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 16, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Break33
- Failure to Cut17
- Entrapment of Device13
- Dull, Blunt6
- Device-Device Incompatibility2
- Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available1
- Fracture1
- Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method1
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions33
- No Consequences Or Impact To Patient13
- Not Applicable6
- No Code Available4
- Insufficient Information3
- No Information3
- Device Embedded In Tissue or Plaque1
- Foreign Body In Patient1
Recent adverse event reports
The 25 most recent of 59 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionMay 12, 2026Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DRILL BIT WAS BROKEN.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 25148720 ↗MalfunctionMar 25, 2026Break; Entrapment of Device
IT WAS REPORTED THE METAGLENE DRILL BIT BROKE DURING SURGERY. NO SURGICAL DELAY. THE BROKEN DRILL PUSHED IN AND SCREW INSERTED. PROCEDURE COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 24690726 ↗MalfunctionJan 20, 2026Break
IT WAS REPORTED THE DRILL BIT END WAS BROKEN. ISSUE WAS NOTICED IN STERILIZING PROCESS THAT TIP WAS MISSING.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 24121410 ↗MalfunctionDec 1, 2025Break; Entrapment of Device; Break; Entrapment of Device
IT WAS REPORTED THE DRILL BIT BROKE INTRAOPERATIVELY DURING AN ARTHROPLASTY PROCEDURE. A TWO MILLIMETER (2MM) FRAGMENT OF THE DISTAL PART OF THE DRILL BIT BECAME STUCK INSIDE THE GLENOID AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED. THE SURGEON PUT A SCREW OVER THE DRILL BIT FRAGMENT SO DOESN¿T EXPECT IT MIGRATE IN THE FUTURE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITH A TEN (10) MINUTE DELAY.
Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient
MAUDE report 23680391 ↗MalfunctionJun 12, 2025Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SCREW TIP BROKE OFF DURING IMPLANTATION. SCREW REMAINED IMPLANTED. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED BUT IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS A SURGICAL DELAY. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22199471 ↗MalfunctionMar 25, 2025Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN ATHROPLASTY PROCEDURE, AND THE SCREW DRILL BIT (2.5MM) BROKE OFF. SURGERY WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITH NO DELAY. FRAGMENT WAS GENERATED AND COULD NOT BE RETRIEVED, BUT THE SURGEON HAD FIXED IT WITH A SCREW ON TOP OF IT TO GET IT FIXED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21691185 ↗MalfunctionFeb 12, 2025Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DRILL BIT IDENTIFIED AS BROKEN DURING STERILIZATION. NOT KNOWN IF HAPPENED INTRA OP OR DURING STERILIZATION.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21366466 ↗MalfunctionOct 17, 2024Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DRILL BIT BROKE DURING DRILLING. IT BROKE INTO 2X LARGE BITS. BOTH FRAGMENTS WERE REMOVED WITHOUT ISSUE. NO SURGICAL DELAY.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 20469771 ↗MalfunctionJun 27, 2023Break; Entrapment of Device; Break; Entrapment of Device
DEVICE REPORT FROM ITALY REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED ON (B)(6) 2023, THAT DURING AN ORTHOPEDIC SHOULDER SURGERY WHICH OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2022, THERE WAS A RUPTURE OF THE DRILL TIP WHICH REMAINED IN THE BONE. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. THIS REPORT IS FOR A DRILL BIT D2.5 X 170 MM. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 17213131 ↗MalfunctionMay 9, 2023Break; Entrapment of Device; Break; Entrapment of Device
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A REVERSE SHOULDER REPLACEMENT THE SURGEON WAS DRILLING THE HOLES FOR THE GLENOID SCREWS. THE TIP OF THE DRILL BIT BROKE OFF IN THE GLENOID AND THE SURGEON DECIDED IT WAS BETTER TO LEAVE IT IN THERE.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16894377 ↗MalfunctionMay 3, 2023Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DRILL FRACTURED INTRAOPERATIVE. THERE WERE NO PARTS REMAINING IN PATIENT AND NO SURGICAL DELAY REPORTED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16859389 ↗MalfunctionJan 27, 2023Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DRILL BROKE INTRA-OP.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16251958 ↗MalfunctionJan 25, 2023Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DRILL BROKE.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 16244493 ↗MalfunctionDec 12, 2022Break; Entrapment of Device; Break; Entrapment of Device
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DRILL BIT BROKE WHEN DRILLING TO PREPARE FOR A LOCKING SCREW FOR A METAGLENE SCREW WHILE DOING A DELTA EXTEND. DRILL BIT FRAGMENT WAS NOT RETRIEVABLE. THERE WAS A TEN MINUTE SURGICAL DELAY.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 15960387 ↗MalfunctionDec 1, 2022Break; Entrapment of Device; Break; Entrapment of Device
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DRILL BIT BROKE/SNAPPED WHILE PRE DRILLING FOR A SCREW, FRAGMENT WAS UNABLE TO BE RETRIEVED, THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 15893265 ↗MalfunctionOct 16, 2022Break; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method; Break; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method
SURGEON USED DRILL BIT IN GLENIOD TRAY OF DELTA XTEND TO DRILL THE CENTRAL METAGLENE HOLE, THEREFORE USING IT IN THE WRONG WAY BUT NEEDED SOMETHING MORE THAN THE METAGELEN. TIP OF THE DRILL BIT BROKE OFF. SURGEON ADMITTED FAULT. NO PIECES WERE LEFT BEHIND AND DRILL AND BROKEN PIECE WERE REMOVED AND DISCARDED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 15613002 ↗MalfunctionOct 7, 2022Failure to Cut; Failure to Cut
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DRILL BIT IS DULL.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 15562795 ↗MalfunctionJul 5, 2022Break; Entrapment of Device; Break; Entrapment of Device
DRILL BIT TIP BROKE DURING USE, TIP LEFT IN PATIENT SCAPULA. SURGEON MADE DECISION TO LEAVE IT AND PROCEED, BELIEVED IT WOULD CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO REMOVE. THERE WAS A TWO MINUTE SURGICAL DELAY.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 14914744 ↗MalfunctionMar 15, 2022Material Deformation; Material Deformation
THE PINS ARE BENT IN THIS KIT. THE DRILL IS COMPLETELY DULL. ISSUES WERE DISCOVERED WHEN INSTRUMENTS ARRIVED TO THE HOSPITAL.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 13771414 ↗MalfunctionFeb 9, 2022Failure to Cut; Failure to Cut
DRILL BIT WAS BLUNT WHEN USING DURING A DELTA XTEND CASE. SWAPPED TO OTHER (DUPLICATE) DRILL BIT IN THE TRAY. CONSIGNMENT INSTRUMENT. NO ADVERSE AFFECTS ON PATIENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 13496056 ↗MalfunctionOct 21, 2021Break; Entrapment of Device; Break; Entrapment of Device
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED, INDICATED THAT GIVEN THE 30-MINUTE DELAY. NO ADDITIONAL MEASURES WERE TAKEN TO PREVENT SURGICAL SITE INFECTION. NO NOTED CONSEQUENCES, DUE TO DELAY.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12674024 ↗MalfunctionSep 22, 2021Failure to Cut; Failure to Cut
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DRILL BITS FOR THE SCREWS ARE BLUNT AND NEED REPLACING. NO SURGICAL DELAY.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12513591 ↗MalfunctionSep 22, 2021Failure to Cut; Failure to Cut
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DRILL BITS FOR THE SCREWS ARE BLUNT AND NEED REPLACING. NO SURGICAL DELAY.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12513579 ↗MalfunctionSep 15, 2021Failure to Cut; Failure to Cut
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DELTA XTEND DRILL BITS WERE NOTED BLUNT AND NEED REPLACING. NO SURGICAL DELAY.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12474546 ↗MalfunctionSep 15, 2021Failure to Cut; Failure to Cut
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DELTA XTEND DRILL BITS WERE NOTED BLUNT AND NEED REPLACING. NO SURGICAL DELAY.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12474544 ↗
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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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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