NA 462.634Recalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · TI SPIRAL BLADE 34MM FOR TI HUMERAL NAILS · Class 2 · Implant
Data updated Oct 16, 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 10886982231857), received between Sep 17, 2019 and Sep 17, 2019 — classified as 1 injury.
2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K992348); 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
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
Patient problems
- No Code Available1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjurySep 17, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED ON (B)(6) 2019, DURING AN UNKNOWN PROCEDURE, IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT AN UNKNOWN HUMERAL NAIL SET DO NOT HAVE AN UNKNOWN CADDY WITH AN UNKNOWN BLADES, UNKNOWN 4.0 TITANIUM SCREWS AND UNKNOWN END CAPS. ORIGINALLY, THE SALES CONSULTANT GETS THE SET AND THERE¿S GOING TO BE A TOTE WITH IMPLANTS FOR BLADES AND SCREWS AND END CAPS. THE SALES CONSULTANT CALLED THE FSL AND EVENTUALLY DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CADDY INSIDE THE SET. THE SALES CONSULTANT THEN GO AND DRIVE TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL AND RETURN WITH A TOTE FOR SAID IMPLANTS. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED; HOWEVER, THE PATIENT SPENT AN EXTRA 100 MINUTES UNDER ANESTHESIA. ALSO, THE END CAP AVAILABLE FROM THE OTHER HOSPITAL WAS NOT THE CORRECT SIZE, SO IT PROTRUDED FROM THE PATIENT¿S HUMERAL HEAD. RE-OPERATION IS MOST LIKELY. PROCEDURE AND PATIENT OUTCOME WERE UNKNOWN. THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES THIRTY-EIGHT (37) DEVICES. (B)(4).
Patient problems: No Code Available
MAUDE report 9079125 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K992348. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1548-2010 · Feb 25, 2010 · Terminated7.5mm Ti Solid Humeral Nail 230 mm Sterile Catalog number 462.723S Synthes Titanium Solid Humeral Nail System is intended for intramedullary fixation of a variety of humeral fract
- Z-1549-2010 · Feb 25, 2010 · Terminated7.5mm Ti Solid Humeral Nail 250 mm Sterile Catalog number 462.725S Synthes Titanium Solid Humeral Nail System is intended for intramedullary fixation of a variety of humeral fract
Other NAIL, FIXATION, BONE devices
- NA 03.043.024Synthes GmbH · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE234 reports
- NA 03.010.440Synthes GmbH · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE70 reports
- TRIGEN 71676627Smith & Nephew, Inc. · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE1 recall2 reports
- TRIGEN 71676628Smith & Nephew, Inc. · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE1 recall0 reports
- NA 03.043.018Synthes GmbH · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE33 reports
- TRIGEN 71675383Smith & Nephew, Inc. · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE29 reports
- NA 03.010.441Synthes GmbH · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE27 reports
- NA 04.043.240SSynthes GmbH · NAIL, FIXATION, BONE24 reports
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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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