NA 399.99Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 111 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982203175), received between Feb 10, 2017 and Sep 22, 2026 — classified as 111 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (107 reports).

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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 25 most recent of 111 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionSep 22, 2026Device Slipped

  It was reported that the connector screw is loose.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 50857561 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 26, 2026Break; Material Deformation

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A VARIETY OF INSTRUMENTS WERE WARPED OR BROKEN. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT OR USER HARM AND THERE WAS NO DELAY IN SURGERY. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25291542 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 20, 2026Break; Material Deformation

  IT WAS REPORTED SEVERAL INSTRUMENTS WERE NOTED TO BE WARPED OR BROKEN. THE DEVICES HAVE BEEN DISCARDED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT OR PROCEDURE INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25232935 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 1, 2026Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A LOBSTER CLAW WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN DURING INSPECTION. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT OR USER HARM, AND NO SIGNIFICANT DELAY OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25058345 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 30, 2026Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A BONE HOLDING FORCEP WAS BROKEN. THE BONE HOLDING FORCEP BROKE AFTER THE PROCEDURE; NO PATIENT WAS INVOLVED. THE SURGICAL TECH DISPOSED OF IT IN THE SHARPS CONTAINER.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24221828 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 20, 2026Break; Difficult to Open or Close

  IT WAS REPORTED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE THAT THE DEVICE WAS BROKEN. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES, AND NO OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24117670 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 16, 2026Break; Difficult to Open or Close

  IT WAS REPORTED THE REDUCTION FORCEPS SERRATED JAW WAS BROKEN; DOESN'T TIGHTEN THE SCREW. THERE WAS NO PATIENT OR PROCEDURE INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24095253 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 16, 2026Break; Difficult to Open or Close

  IT WAS REPORTED THE REDUCTION FORCEPS SERRATED JAW WAS BROKEN; DOESN'T TIGHTEN THE SCREW. THERE WAS NO PATIENT OR PROCEDURE INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24095251 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 16, 2026Break; Difficult to Open or Close

  IT WAS REPORTED THE REDUCTION FORCEPS SERRATED JAW WAS BROKEN; DOESN'T TIGHTEN THE SCREW. THERE WAS NO PATIENT OR PROCEDURE INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24095241 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 16, 2026Break; Difficult to Open or Close

  IT WAS REPORTED THE REDUCTION FORCEPS SERRATED JAW WAS BROKEN; DOESN¿T TIGHTEN THE SCREW. THERE WAS NO PATIENT OR PROCEDURE INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24095216 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 15, 2026Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PRODUCTS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY/HAVE BROKEN. THERE WAS NO PATIENT HARM.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24085466 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 26, 2025Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT CLAMP IS BROKEN. THE ISSUE WAS DISCOVERED POST-OPERATIVELY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23657571 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 21, 2025Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE TIP OF FORCEPS BROKE OFF DURING SURGERY. ALL PIECES WERE RECOVERED. THERE WAS PATIENT CONSEQUENCE AND NO DELAY IN SURGERY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23623888 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 21, 2025Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, THREE PRODUCTS BROKE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23623470 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 7, 2025Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE THE LOBSTER CLAW WAS BROKEN. THERE WAS NO SURGERY DELAYED DUE TO THE REPORTED EVENT. THE PROCEDURE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WITH NEW LOBSTER CLAW. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22415045 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 1, 2025Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2025, WHEN USING THE SERATED JAW REDUCTION CLAMP FROM THE UNIVERSAL SMALL FRAG SYSTEM, THE JAWS OF THE CLAMP BROKE OFF. SURGEON REMOVED BROKEN PIECE AND BROKEN CLAMP AND THROWN AWAY BY STAFF. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22378252 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 28, 2024Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2024, THE RED FORCEPS SERRATED JAW-RATCHET 144 CLAMP IS BROKEN. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 20550400 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 25, 2024Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE ONE SIDE OF THE FORCEPS WAS BROKEN AND THEN DISCARDED BY SCRUB TECH. IT WAS UNKNOWN, IF THERE WAS A SURGICAL DELAY. THERE WAS NO PATIENT OUTCOME. IT WAS UNKNOWN, IF ANY FRAGMENTS WERE GENERATED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 20539652 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 20, 2024Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON UNKNOWN DATE THE END OF THE LOBSTER CLAW CLAMP BROKE OFF. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES. NO MORE INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR REPORTING.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 20273890 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 20, 2024Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2024, THE LOBSTER CLAW CLAMP BROKE DURING SURGERY. NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE WAS REPORTED. ALL PIECES WERE RECOVERED WITH NO COMPLICATIONS OR DELAYS. PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 20269354 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 18, 2024Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT AN UNKNOWN PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2024. DURING INTRAOPERATIVE USE, A FORCEPS BROKE WHILE REDUCING A PLATE TO THE SHAFT OF THE BONE. NO VISIBLE METAL FRAGMENTS SHEARED OFF. SURGEON REMOVED IT FROM USE IMMEDIATELY. THE SURGERY WAS NOT DELAYED AND THERE WAS NO RELATED PATIENT CONSEQUENCES. THIS REPORT IS FOR A REDUCTION FORCEPS WITH SERRATED JAW-RATCHET 144MM. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19771581 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 2, 2024Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON UNKNOWN DATE, THE LOBSTER CLAW IS BROKEN. THE EVENT OCCURRED DURING STERILE PROCESSING AND FIELD INSPECTION. THE EVENT DID NOT OCCUR DURING INTERNAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CALIBRATION. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT. THIS REPORT IS FOR RED FORCEPS SERRATED JAW-RATCHET 144. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19655149 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 21, 2024Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT BROKEN TIPS OF REDUCTION FORCEPS WERE DISCOVERED. THE 8.5 REAMERS X 3 NEED TO BE CHANGED AS THEY ARE NO LONGER SHARP. IT IS UNKNOWN IF PATIENT EXPERIENCE AN ADVERSE EVENT SUCH AS INFECTION, NON-UNION, ALLERGIC REACTION, OSTEOPOROSIS, OVERLOADING, PAIN, DEGENERATIVE DISEASES, BLEEDING OR OOZING OR IF THE PATIENT REQUIRED REVISION SURGERY OR HARDWARE REMOVAL. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) RED FORCEPS SERRATED JAW-RATCHET 144 THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 4 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19582121 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 3, 2024Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE END OF THE REDUCTION FORCEPS BROKE OFF ON ONE SIDE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES/OUTCOME. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE (1) RED FORCEPS SERRATED JAW-RATCHET 144. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19448824 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 4, 2024Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON MARCH 21, 2024, DURING A FIBULAR FRACTURE SURGERY, A LOBSTER CLAW CLAMP BROKE ALONG ONE SIDE OF THE SERRATED JAW. THE PIECE DID NOT FULLY BREAK THROUGH THE CLAMP AND THUS WAS REMOVED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT TO THE PATIENT OR PROCEDURE. THE DEVICE IS NOT FUNCTIONAL. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. THE PROCEDURE COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) REDUCTION FORCEPS WITH SERRATED JAW-RATCHET 144MM THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19047244 ↗