NA 394.84Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982199898), received between Apr 12, 2018 and Aug 25, 2022 — classified as 2 injuries.

5 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K033158, K082650, K122455, K950384); 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 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryAug 25, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2022 THE SURGEON DECIDED TO USE LARGE EXTERNAL FIXATOR CARBON BARS AND A COMBINATION CLAMP AS A STATIC KNEE SPACER INTERNALLY. HE PLANNED TO REMOVE THIS HARDWARE AND PERFORM A DISTAL FEMUR REPLACEMENT ONCE INFECTION SUBSIDED. NO COMPLAINTS OR ADVERSE EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED. NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1)LRG EX-FIX 11 CRBN FBR ROD 250 / MR-COND. THIS IS REPORT 3 OF 3 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 15294431 ↗
• InjuryApr 12, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT WITH AN EX-FIX DEVICE EXPERIENCED A MAGNETIC PULL FROM BEING IN THE VICINITY OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGINING (MRI) AND THE SCAN WAS NOT PERFORMED AS A RESULT. THE PATIENT WAS NOT PUT INTO THE MACHINE. THIS WAS A POLY-TRAUMA (POST MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT) PATIENT WHO WAS INTUBATED AND HAD A PELVIC EX-FIX IN PLACE SINCE A PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2018. HE WAS TO HAVE A C-SPINE (CERVICAL SPINE) MRI. THE PATIENT WAS OBSERVED TO BE KICKING HIS LEGS (HE WAS IN PAIN) IN RELATION TO BEING IN THE MRI AREA; BEING NEAR THE MACHINE WAS ENOUGH TO CAUSE A "PULL" ON HIS EX-FIX DEVICE. THE PLAN FOR THE MRI WAS ABORTED; NO MRI WAS DONE. THE PATIENT WAS RETURNED TO THE OPERATING ROOM FOR AN UNEVENTFUL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2018 AT WHICH TIME THE EX-FIX WAS REMOVED. THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES SEVEN DEVICES. THIS REPORT IS 5 OF 7 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 7427530 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K033158, K082650, K122455, K950384. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-2451-2015 · Jul 29, 2015 · Terminated
  Synthes Trauma Ex-Fix System (Small, Medium, Distraction Osteogenesis (DO) and Large) ; (S) intended to stabilize and provide treatment for fractures of the small bones, such as th
• Z-1833-2014 · Apr 10, 2014 · Terminated
  Synthes External Fixation Systems (Small, Medium, Large and DO), bone fixation appliance components.
• Z-0941-2013 · Jan 11, 2013 · Terminated
  Large Combination Clamp/Large External Fixation System, Part Number 390.005 Product Usage: Synthes Large External Fixation is intended for use to provide treatment for long bone
• Z-1816-2013 · Oct 12, 2012 · Open, Classified
  Synthes Large External Fixation, MR Conditional, Tube to Tube Clamp, Part Number 390.007, Lot Number 6800599 Synthes Large External Fixation is intended for use to provide treatme
• Z-0277-2013 · Sep 28, 2012 · Terminated
  Synthes External Fixation System Tube to Tube Clamp, Part Number 390.007. Intended for use to provide treatment for long bone and pelvic fractures that require external fixation.