LCP 226.642Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10886982159229), received between Mar 23, 2021 and Mar 23, 2021 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K000682, K041911, K082807); 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 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

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

• InjuryMar 23, 2021Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2021, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION DUE TO CURVE BROAD LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE BREAKAGE AT THE ISTHMUS. INITIALLY, PATIENT HAD A ZIMMER TOTAL DISTAL FEMORAL REPLACEMENT ON (B)(6) 2021 AND HAD A LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (LCP) CURVED CROAD PLATE PLACED TO HELP SUPPORT THE JUNCTION BETWEEN CUT AND PROXIMAL FEMUR FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. THE PATIENT WAS CONVERTED TO A FULL STEM DISTAL FEMORAL PROSTHESIS. THE SURGEON MENTIONED THAT THE PATIENT HAD GREAT CORTEX AT SURGERY AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NON-WEIGHT BEARING FOR 6 WEEKS. PATIENT SAYS HE DID NOT WALK ON IT. PLATE WAS REMOVED SAFELY AND THE PATIENT WAS THEN CONVERTED TO A FULL DISTAL FEMORAL REPLACEMENT. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS SURGICAL DELAY. PROCEDURE OUTCOME IS UNKNOWN. NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 4.5 CURVED BROAD LCP PL 14 HOLES/265. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Unspecified Tissue Injury

  MAUDE report 11556155 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K000682, K041911, K082807. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-0409-2014 · Jul 30, 2013 · Terminated
  Synthes 4.5 mm LCP Curved Condylar Plate Intended for buttressing multifragmentary distal femur fractures.