Matrix 04.639.750Recalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · 7.0MM TI MATRIX SCREW 50MM THREAD LENGTH · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Matrix (80)
Data updated Oct 16, 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 10705034749464), received between Jun 26, 2020 and Jun 26, 2020 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (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
Device problems
- Break1
Patient problems
- Failure of Implant1
- No Code Available1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJun 26, 2020Break; Break
ADDITIONAL EVENT INFORMATION: ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE DETAILS: -THE POLYAXIAL HEAD ¿POPPED OFF¿ WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS OF THE INITIAL SURGERY. -CORY NOTED THAT THE POLYAXIAL HEAD WAS ATTACHED TO THE PEDICLE SCREW INTRAOPERATIVELY. THE SURGEON DID NOT USE A PRE-ASSEMBLED POLYAXIAL SCREW WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH HIS NORMAL PROCESS. -THE SURGEON TYPICALLY CONFIRMS PROPER ACTUATION OF THE HEAD BEFORE DETACHING THE ASSEMBLY TOOL BUT IT WAS UNKNOWN IF HE TRIALED THE SPECIFIC SCREW PROPERLY. -THE SURGEON USED THE REAMER WHICH IS ALSO PART OF HIS NORMAL PROCESS. -THE SURGEON FINAL TIGHTENED THE INFERIOR LEVEL FIRST AND THEN DISTRACTED. -THE SURGEON HAS BEEN USING THIS SYSTEM FOR OVER 5 YEARS.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant; No Code Available
MAUDE report 10200091 ↗
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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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