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Alteon 188-01-04Recalls & reported problems

Exactech, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant

All models of Alteon (135)

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 10885862250933), received between Jun 14, 2021 and Jun 14, 2021 — classified as 1 injury.

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

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Bone Fracture(s)1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryJun 14, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    AS REPORTED, APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS POSTOP THE INITIAL RTHA, THIS (B)(6) Y/O FEMALE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A PERI PROSTHETIC FRACTURE, AND WAS REVISED TO MONOBLOC STEM. THE PATIENT WAS LAST KNOWN TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION FOLLOWING THE EVENT. THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION DUE TO FACILITY POLICY.

    Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

    MAUDE report 11992550 ↗

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