NA 201.758Recalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · 2.4MM CORTEX SCREW SLF-TPNG WITH T8 STARDRIVE RECESS 8MM · Class 2 · Implant
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982142696), received between Jan 29, 2021 and Jan 29, 2021 — classified as 2 injuries.
10 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K002271, K063049, K102694, K103243, K112583); 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 Problem2
Patient problems
- Bone Fracture(s)2
- Muscular Rigidity2
- Pain2
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJan 29, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT RADIAL HEAD REVISION RECONSTRUCTION, REMOVAL OF HARDWARE OF THE OLECRANON AS WELL AS THE RADIAL HEAD, LYSIS OF ADHESION AND DEBRIDEMENT AND WAS IMPLANTED WITH A NON-SYNTHES DEVICE DUE TO A RIGHT ELBOW RADIAL HEAD REPLACEMENT FAILURE, SYMPTOMATIC HARDWARE WITH STIFFNESS AND INCREASING PAIN. ON (B)(6) 2015, THE PATIENT HAS PRESENTED DISCOMFORT WITH PAIN OVER THE RIGHT ELBOW WHICH RADIATES TO THE RIGHT ELBOW. THE PATIENT FELL DOWN ON HER ELBOW AND SUSTAINED A FRACTURE DISLOCATION. SHE ALSO HAD NERVE SYMPTOMS MOSTLY IN THE ULNAR DISTRIBUTION. ON (B)(6) 2015, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT OLECRANON OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION, RADIAL HEAD RESECTION WITH RADIAL HEAD REPLACEMENT AND OPEN REDUCTION OF RADIAL HEAD AND WAS IMPLANTED WITH DEPUY SYNTHES 20MM DIAMETER HEAD AND A 4 HOLE LONG RIGHT OLECRANON PLATE. THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH RIGHT ELBOW FRACTURE-DISLOCATION, RADIAL HEAD OLECRANON COMMINUTED FRACTURE AND ULNAR NEURAPRAXIA. ON (B)(6) 2016, CT RIGHT UPPER EXTREMITY SHOWS PLATE AND SCREW FIXATION OF THE PROXIMAL ULNA. COMMINUTED INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURE NOW WITH BRIDGING CALLUS FORMATION. BRIDGING CALLUS FORM
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Muscular Rigidity; Pain
MAUDE report 11252444 ↗InjuryJan 29, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT RADIAL HEAD REVISION RECONSTRUCTION, REMOVAL OF HARDWARE OF THE OLECRANON AS WELL AS THE RADIAL HEAD, LYSIS OF ADHESION AND DEBRIDEMENT AND WAS IMPLANTED WITH A NON-SYNTHES DEVICE DUE TO A RIGHT ELBOW RADIAL HEAD REPLACEMENT FAILURE, SYMPTOMATIC HARDWARE WITH STIFFNESS AND INCREASING PAIN. ON (B)(6) 2015, THE PATIENT HAS PRESENTED DISCOMFORT WITH PAIN OVER THE RIGHT ELBOW WHICH RADIATES TO THE RIGHT ELBOW. THE PATIENT FELL DOWN ON HER ELBOW AND SUSTAINED A FRACTURE DISLOCATION. SHE ALSO HAD NERVE SYMPTOMS MOSTLY IN THE ULNAR DISTRIBUTION. ON (B)(6) 2015, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT OLECRANON OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION, RADIAL HEAD RESECTION WITH RADIAL HEAD REPLACEMENT AND OPEN REDUCTION OF RADIAL HEAD AND WAS IMPLANTED WITH DEPUY SYNTHES 20MM DIAMETER HEAD AND A 4 HOLE LONG RIGHT OLECRANON PLATE. THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH RIGHT ELBOW FRACTURE-DISLOCATION, RADIAL HEAD OLECRANON COMMINUTED FRACTURE AND ULNAR NEURAPRAXIA. ON (B)(6) 2016, CT RIGHT UPPER EXTREMITY SHOWS PLATE AND SCREW FIXATION OF THE PROXIMAL ULNA. COMMINUTED INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURE NOW WITH BRIDGING CALLUS FORMATION. BRIDGING CALLUS FORM
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Muscular Rigidity; Pain
MAUDE report 11252443 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K002271, K063049, K102694, K103243, K112583. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-0880-2020 · Dec 16, 2019 · Terminated2.4MM TI VA LOCKING SCREW STARDRIVE 12MM STERILE, Part Number 04.210.112TS - Product Usage:Sterile Tube Packaging is a packaging system to deliver single, sterile screws to the ste
- Z-0883-2020 · Dec 16, 2019 · Terminated2.4MM TI VA LOCKING SCREW STARDRIVE 24MM STERILE, Part Number 04.210.124TS - Product Usage:Sterile Tube Packaging is a packaging system to deliver single, sterile screws to the ste
- Z-0882-2020 · Dec 16, 2019 · Terminated2.4MM TI VA LOCKING SCREW STARDRIVE 18MM STERILE, Part Number 04.210.118TS - Product Usage:Sterile Tube Packaging is a packaging system to deliver single, sterile screws to the ste
- Z-0879-2020 · Dec 16, 2019 · Terminated2.4MM TI VA LOCKING SCREW STARDRIVE 10MM STERILE, Part Number 04.210.110TS - Product Usage:Sterile Tube Packaging is a packaging system to deliver single, sterile screws to the ste
- Z-0881-2020 · Dec 16, 2019 · Terminated2.4MM TI VA LOCKING SCREW STARDRIVE 16MM STERILE, Part Number 04.210.116TS - Product Usage:Sterile Tube Packaging is a packaging system to deliver single, sterile screws to the ste
- Z-2389-2016 · Jun 28, 2016 · TerminatedSynthes 2.4mm Titanium Locking Screws Self-Tapping with Stardrive Recess 12mm, Synthes 2.4mm Titanium Locking Screws Self-Tapping with Stardrive Recess 12mm, Plate, Fixation, Bone,
- Z-0323-2016 · Nov 2, 2015 · Terminated2.4MM locking screw SLF-TPNG with Stardrive Recess 18 mm. Intended for fixation of fractures, osteotomies, nonunions, replantations, and fusions of small bones and small bone frag
- Z-0167-2016 · Oct 6, 2015 · Terminated2.7 mm Locking Screw SLF-TPNG with T8 Stardrive Recess 12mm. The Synthes modular Mini Fragment LCP System is intended for fixation of fractures, osteotomies, nonunions, replantati
- Z-0380-2014 · Jul 31, 2013 · Terminated2.4 and 2.7 MM Locking Screw SLF-TPNG with T8 Stardrive Recess 12 MM Fixation of fractures, osteotomies, nonunions, replantations, and fusions of small bones and small bone fragmen
- Z-0956-2013 · Jan 11, 2013 · TerminatedVariable Angle Locking Compression Plate/VA-LCP Dorsal Distal Radius Plate, Part Number 02.115.431. Indicated for: Dorsally displaced fractures, Open joint reconstruction, and Cor
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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 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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