MatrixRIB 04.501.003Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10887587016962), received between Dec 20, 2017 and Dec 19, 2023 — classified as 4 injuries.

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

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 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryDec 19, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B0(3) 2023, THE PLATES IN QUESTION WERE REMOVED FROM A PATIENT IN WHICH THE FRACTURES WERE COMPLETELY HEALED. THE PLATES WERE ORIGINALLY IMPLANTED APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS AGO. THE PLATES AND SCREWS WERE NOT BROKEN, THE PATIENT WANTED THE IMPLANTS REMOVED BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE THEY COULDN¿T TAKE DEEP BREATHS. THE REMOVAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITH NO ADVERSE PATIENT IMPACT. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT IS FOR A TI MATRIXRIB PRE-CONTOURED PL 16 HOLES FOR LEFT RIBS 4 & 5. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 7 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Dyspnea

  MAUDE report 18356725 ↗
• InjuryNov 4, 2021Migration; Migration

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2021, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REMOVAL PROCEDURE DUE TO THE SCREWS BEING PLACED IMPROPERLY AND THE PLATE PALPABLE TO THE SKIN. THE PATIENT IS EXPERIENCING PAIN. THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES SEVEN (7) DEVICES. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1)TI MATRIXRIB PRE-CONTOURED PL 16 HOLES FOR LEFT RIBS 4 & 5. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 7 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 12752100 ↗
• InjuryApr 13, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REMOVAL OF PLATES AND SCREWS ON (B)(6) 2018 DUE TO PAIN. THE PATIENT REQUESTED REMOVAL OF THE THREE PLATES, SCREWS, AND FIVE INTERMEDULLARY SPLINTS AS THE PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN THE AREA OF THE IMPLANTS AND THE PATIENT BELIEVED THE IMPLANTS WERE THE CAUSE. THE SURGEON WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE THREE PLATES THAT HAD BEEN AFFIXED WITH 22 SCREWS; HOWEVER, THE FIVE INTERMEDULLARY SPLINTS AND THE FIVE SCREWS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPLINTS WERE NOT ABLE TO BE REMOVED. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. THE PATIENT WAS STABLE AFTER THE SURGERY. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 6 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 7429556 ↗
• InjuryDec 20, 2017Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS PRIOR TO REMOVAL, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A CANCER TUMOR RESECTION THAT INCLUDED REMOVAL OF A RIB BONE AND THE IMPLANTATION OF ONE (1) MATRIXRIB PLATE AND EIGHT (8) UNKNOWN SCREWS. POST-OPERATIVELY ON AN UNKNOWN DATE THE MATRIXRIB PLATE BROKE. THE MATRIXRIB PLATE WAS SPANNING A VERY LARGE GAP AND FATIGUED AT THE POINT WHERE THE BONE MET THE PLATE. IT IS UNKNOWN IF PATIENT HAD SYMPTOMS RELATED TO THE PLATE FAILURE OR HOW THE FAILURE WAS DETECTED. THE PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2017 AND THE HARDWARE THAT WAS REMOVED INCLUDED THE BROKEN MATRIXRIB PLATE AND THE PLATE FRAGMENTS. IN ADDITION, EIGHT UNKNOWN SCREWS WERE REMOVED WHOLE AND INTACT. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY REPORTED. NO HARM WAS REPORTED TO THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. PATIENT OUTCOME WAS REPORTED STABLE. THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH NEW HARDWARE: TWO(2) MATRIXRIB PLATES AND THIRTEEN (13) UNKNOWN SCREWS. CONCOMITANT DEVICES REPORTED: MATRIXRIB SCREW (PART NUMBER UNKNOWN, LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 8). THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant

  MAUDE report 7134489 ↗