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EXPert Nail 04.034.652SRecalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 12MM TI CANN TIBIAL NAIL-EX W/PROX BEND 360MM-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 10886982095510), received between Dec 15, 2021 and Dec 15, 2021 — 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

  • Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryDec 15, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2021, A NAIL EXCHANGE WAS PERFORMED BECAUSE OF A NON UNION OF A TIBIA FRACTURE. A PREVIOUS NAIL EXCHANGE HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE AND THE FRACTURE CONTINUES TO BE A NON UNION. THE SYNTHES NAIL WAS PLACED 10 MONTHS AGO. NO FURTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED. THIS REPORT IS FOR (1) 12MM TI CANN TIBIAL NAIL-EX W/PROX BEND 360MM. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 6 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

    Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

    MAUDE report 13011862 ↗

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 · Terminated
    TITANIUM 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 · Terminated
    Synthes Trauma Nail System. The devices are indication for bone fixation.

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