NA 04.045.070Recalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · LOCKING SCREW FOR IM NAIL Ø 5MM/ 70MM/ XL25 · 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 10886982292988), received between Apr 18, 2023 and Nov 22, 2023 — classified as 2 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Migration” (2 reports).
2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K201336, K201346); 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.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Migration2
Patient problems
- Insufficient Information1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryNov 22, 2023Migration; Migration
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THAT 5.0 XL25 SCREW WAS BACKING OUT OF A RFNA NAIL. THE SURGEON REMOVED THE SCREW. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) LOCKING SCREW FOR IM NAIL 5/ 70/ XL25. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 18192604 ↗InjuryApr 18, 2023Migration; Migration
IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN INTRAMEDULLARY RETROGRADE FEMORAL NAIL (RFNA STANDARD BEND/5 DEGREES 12X340) WAS INSERTED ON (B)(6) 2022 AND INTERLOCKING SCREWS WERE PLACED DISTALLY AND PROXIMALLY. TWO OF THE DISTAL INTERLOCKING SCREWS (IN THE OBLIQUE HOLES) BACKED OUT OVER TIME. THE PATIENT CAME TO THE ER ON (B)(6) 2023 AND COMPLAINED OF THE PROMINENCE AFTER BUMPING HER KNEE. ONE OF THE SCREW HEADS WAS PROTRUDING THROUGH THE SKIN. THE PROTRUDING SCREW WAS REMOVED IN THE ER, AND THE SECOND OBLIQUE SCREW WAS REMOVED DURING AN INCISION AND DRAINAGE CASE THE SAME DAY. THERE WAS NO DELAY IN SURGERY. THE SURGEON STATED THAT THE FRACTURE APPEARED TO BE HEALED RADIOGRAPHICALLY. THERE ARE NO OTHER KNOWN ISSUES WITH THE PATIENT. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE LOCKING SCREW FOR IM NAIL Ø 5MM/ 70MM/ XL25. THIS IS REPORT 2 OF 2 FOR (B)(4).
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 16763261 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K201336, K201346. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-0229-2026 · Sep 26, 2025 · Open, ClassifiedLOW PROF LCKNG SCREW, F/IM NAIL 5.0MM / L, 42MM / XL25/ STER. Product Code: 04.045.342TS. Used in RFN-ADVANCEDTM Retrograde Femoral Nailing (RFNA) System and the Tibial Nail A
- Z-0228-2026 · Sep 26, 2025 · Open, ClassifiedLOW PROF LCKNG SCREW, F/IM NAIL 5.0MM / L, 46MM / XL25/ STER. Product Code: 04.045.346TS. Used in RFN-ADVANCEDTM Retrograde Femoral Nailing (RFNA) System and the Tibial Nail A
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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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