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NA 460.040Recalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · TI STERNAL LOCKING X PLATE WIDE/10 HOLES · 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 10887587055213), received between Apr 25, 2019 and Apr 25, 2019 — classified as 1 injury.

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
  • Unspecified Infection1
  • Wound Dehiscence1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryApr 25, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2019, THE SURGEON REMOVED THE IMPLANTED FIVE(5) STERNAL PLATES AND THIRTY-TWO (32) STERNAL SCREWS INTO PATIENT DUE TO NON-UNION STERNUM FOLLOWING A STERNOTOMY. DATE OF IMPLANTATION WAS ON (B)(6) 2019. AT TIME OF IMPLANTATION, PHYSICIAN WAS HAPPY WITH HOW SCREWS HAD PURCHASED AND CHECKED MULTIPLE TIMES THE REDUCTION AND TACTILE STRENGTH OF THE FIXATION ALONG THE STERNUM. THE SALES CONSULTANT WAS INFORMED VIA PHONE CALL ON (B)(6) 2019, THAT PATIENT'S PLATES AND SCREWS HAD DEHISCENCE THROUGH THE BONE AND HAD BECOME INFECTED. PHYSICIAN DID NOT THINK THAT THIS INFECTION WAS CAUSED BY THE IMPLANTS, BUT MORE BY A PATIENT'S COMPLIANCE AND PAST HISTORY. ALL THIRTY-TWO (32) SCREWS AND FIVE (5) PLATES WERE REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT ON (B)(6) 2019, WITH NO COMPLICATIONS AND NO PRODUCT ISSUE OR MALFUNCTION. PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. PATIENT STATUS IS UNKNOWN. THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES TEN (10) DEVICES. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) TI STERNAL LOCKING X PLATE WIDE/10 HOLES. THIS REPORT IS 5 OF 10 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: No Code Available; Unspecified Infection; Wound Dehiscence

    MAUDE report 8553119 ↗

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