EXPert Nail 04.004.755SRecalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · 13MM TI CANNULATED TIBIAL NAIL-EX/375MM-STERILE · Class 2 · Implant
All models of EXPert Nail (151)
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 10886982085085), received between Mar 3, 2023 and Mar 3, 2023 — classified as 1 injury.
2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K040762); they may or may not involve this specific model.
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
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
Patient problems
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryMar 3, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
DEVICE REPORT FROM NETHERLANDS REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: THE SITE ROE (ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) REPORTED AN ADVERSE EVENT IN OUR DATABASE WHICH IS CONSIDERED (POSSIBLY) RELATED TO THE DEVICE. SUBJECT ROE-018 POSTOPERATIVE ADVERSE EVENT: "OTHER AE RELATED TO THE PROCEDURE OR IMPLANT: PERSISTING PAIN OF IMPLANT" IS THE AE RELATED TO THE TIBIAL FRACTURE AND/OR TREATMENT OF TIBIAL FRACTURE? "YES" IS THE AE RELATED TO THE DEVICE? "YES" DPS IMPLANT WAS USED. THIS REPORT IS FOR A 13MM TI CANNULATED TIBIAL NAIL-EX/375MM-STERILE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 6 FOR (B)(4).
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 16479004 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K040762. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2051-2015 · Jun 3, 2015 · TerminatedTITANIUM END CAP WITH T40 STARDRIVE RECESS, 0MM EXTENSION FOR TITANIUM TIBIAL NAILS-EX; Synthes Tibial Nail System EX is intended to stabilize fractures of the proximal and distal
- Z-2058-2013 · Nov 2, 2012 · TerminatedSynthes Trauma Nail System. The devices are indication for bone fixation.
Other NAIL, FIXATION, BONE devices
- NA 03.043.024Synthes GmbH · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE234 reports
- NA 03.010.440Synthes GmbH · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE70 reports
- TRIGEN 71676627Smith & Nephew, Inc. · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE1 recall2 reports
- TRIGEN 71676628Smith & Nephew, Inc. · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE1 recall0 reports
- NA 03.043.018Synthes GmbH · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE33 reports
- TRIGEN 71675383Smith & Nephew, Inc. · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE29 reports
- NA 03.010.441Synthes GmbH · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE27 reports
- NA 03.010.435Synthes GmbH · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE24 reports
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 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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