ForceTriad ForceTriad ZDRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 9 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10884521129498), received between May 24, 2018 and May 1, 2025 — classified as 9 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Energy Output Problem” (4 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.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 9 most recent of 9 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionMay 1, 2025Energy Output Problem; Intermittent Energy Output; Energy Output Problem; Intermittent Energy Output

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, IN THE MIDDLE OF A SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY, THE TWO HANDPIECES HAD COAGULATION ISSUE WHEN USED ON NORMAL SLEEVE INTERVENTION MESO VESSEL. THERE WAS ACTIVATION TONE AND END TONE WAS HEARD BUT THERE NO RE-GRASP ALARM. JAWS WERE CLEANED NORMALLY. GENERATOR WAS CHANGED FROM FORCETRIAD TO LS10 BUT ISSUE WAS NOT RESOLVED. OPERATION TIME WAS EXTENDED FOR AT LEAST 5 TO 10 MINUTES. PATIENT HAD BLEEDING AND WAS RESOLVED BY USING BIPOLAR ENERGY. PATIENT WAS NOT TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION WAS NOT NECESSARY. PATIENT IS DOING GOOD.

  Patient problems: Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding

  MAUDE report 21943105 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 10, 2024Device Displays Incorrect Message; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Device Displays Incorrect Message; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, THE UNIT HAD AN ERROR CODE. PATIENT HAD BURN.

  Patient problems: Burn(s)

  MAUDE report 19713179 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 20, 2024Self-Activation or Keying; Self-Activation or Keying

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, WHEN THE LAPAROSCOPIC FOOT PEDAL WAS PRESSED, THE DEVICE CONTINUED TO COAGULATE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME EVEN AFTER THE FOOT PEDAL WAS NO LONGER PRESSED. FOOT MODE WAS ACTIVATED AND THE OPERATOR THOUGHT THAT THE DEVICE WAS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE THE DEVICE CONTINUED TO COAGULATE AFTER THE FOOT SWITCH WAS RELEASED.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 18740880 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 20, 2023Energy Output Problem; Device Remains Activated; Self-Activation or Keying; Connection Problem; Energy Output Problem; Device Remains Activated; Self-Activation or Keying; Connection Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING TESTING, WHEN THE SURGEON REMOVED THE FOOT FROM THE BIPOLAR PEDAL, THE DEVICE CONTINUED TO ACTIVATE THE BIPOLAR FUNCTION. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18370165 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 3, 2023Energy Output Problem; Energy Output Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING LAP PANCREATECTOMY, THERE WERE GOOD SEALS HALFWAY THROUGH THEN THE DEVICE WAS NOT SEALING, THERE WAS NO RE-GRASP ALERT AND NO EVIDENCE OF ANY ENERGY DELIVERY BUT THERE WAS AN END TONE, THERE WAS A USUAL NUMBER OF CLEANING THE JAW. CHANGED HANDPIECE AND GENERATOR THEN THE SEALING WAS OKAY. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16861058 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 1, 2023Energy Output Problem; Energy Output Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, AFTER PROCEDURE, THERE WAS A DEVICE SEAL FAILURE AND BLEEDING. REGRASP ALERT WAS UNKNOWN, END TONE WAS UNKNOWN AND, ENERGY DELIVERY WAS UNKNOWN. "BLEEDING AFTER THE PROCEDURE" DID NOT OCCUR. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16280084 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 11, 2019Failure to Deliver Energy; Self-Activation or Keying; Connection Problem; Failure to Deliver Energy; Self-Activation or Keying; Connection Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING SERVICING, THE BACK TO STOCK UNIT FAILED CROSS COUPLING TEST MONOPOLAR 2 CURRENT. UNIVERSAL FOOTPEDAL PORT(UFP) FAILED TO ACTIVATE WHEN USING COAG MODE. REPLACED UFP RECEPTACLE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Patient Involvement

  MAUDE report 8407596 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 15, 2018Failure to Calibrate; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Failure to Calibrate; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING USE, THE DEVICE HAD CALIBRATION ISSUE AND WANTED THE UNIT TO BE TESTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THERE WAS PATIENT BURN ON THE FACE.

  Patient problems: Burn(s)

  MAUDE report 7786634 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 24, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, TWO DAYS POST-PROCEDURE, WHEN THEY REMOVED THE COMPRESSION STOCKINGS OF THE PATIENT THEY NOTICED A SMALL SECOND DEGREE BURN ON THE INNER BACK OF THE CALF OF THE PATIENT. THEY TREATED THE BURN WITH SILVEDERMA AND LINITUL. THEY ALSO NOTED THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT EQUIPMENT WAS USED DURING THE SURGERY AND THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANY EQUIPMENT IN SUBSEQUENT SURGERIES.

  Patient problems: Partial thickness (Second Degree) Burn

  MAUDE report 7540509 ↗