FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

EQINOXE REVERSE COMPRESSION SCREW

MDR report key: 23528767 · Received November 11, 2025

Report

Report Number
1038671-2025-03324
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 11, 2025
Date of Event
October 3, 2025
Report Date
February 25, 2026
Manufacturer
EXACTECH, INC.
Product Code
KWT
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NZ
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO RELAY CORRECTED INFORMATION. THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS WERE CORRECTED: H6. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BE OBTAINED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

320-01-42 - EQUINOXE REVERSE 42MM GLENOSPHERE: (B)(6). 320-15-05 - EQ REV LOCKING SCREW: (B)(6). 320-20-00 - EQ REVERSE TORQUE DEFINING SCREW KIT: (B)(6). 320-20-34 - EQ REV COMP SCREW LCK CAP KIT, 4.5 X 34MM: (B)(6). 320-20-34 - EQ REV COMP SCREW LCK CAP KIT, 4.5 X 34MM: (B)(6). 320-20-34 - EQ REV COMP SCREW LCK CAP KIT, 4.5 X 34MM: (B)(6). 320-20-38 - EQ REV COMP SCREW LCK CAP KIT, 4.5 X 38MM: (B)(6). 320-20-38 - EQ REV COMP SCREW LCK CAP KIT, 4.5 X 38MM: (B)(6). 320-20-46 - EQ REV COMP SCREW LCK CAP KIT, 4.5 X 46MM: (B)(6). 322-10-00 - HUMERAL ADAPTER TRAY, +0: (B)(6). 322-42-00 - 145-DEG PE 42MM HUM LINER +0: (B)(6). 531-20-00 - SHLDR GPS RVRS DRILL KIT: (B)(6). SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BE OBTAINED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS WERE UPDATED: H3, H6, H11. ENGINEERING EVALUATION NOTED THE REVISION REPORTED WAS LIKELY THE RESULT OF INSUFFICIENT INITIAL FIXATION OF THE GLENOID BASEPLATE, RESULTING IN BASEPLATE LOOSENING, MIGRATION, AND COMPRESSION SCREW FRACTURE. THE CAUSE OF THE LOOSENING CANNOT BE CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINED, BUT MAY BE RELATED TO THE REPORTED METALOSIS, GLENOID BONE LOSS, AND/OR BONE GRAFT FAILURE. HOWEVER, LOOSENING, MIGRATION, PROSTHESIS FRACTURE, AND THE SERIES OF EVENTS CANNOT BE CONFIRMED AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF USER-RELATED CONSIDERATIONS TO THE EVENT COULD NOT BE ASSESSED AS THE DEVICES WERE NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AND NO IMAGES OR RADIOGRAPHS WERE PROVIDED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BE OBTAINED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A 64 YO MALE PATIENT WHO HAD AN INITIAL RIGHT SIDE ANATOMIC SHOULDER REPLACEMENT THAT HAD BEEN REVISED TO A REVERSE DUE TO A POLY BREAK, UNDERWENT A 2ND REVISION PROCEDURE FOR AN UNSTABLE BASE PLATE. DUE TO THE BONE LOSS/LYSIS AND METALOSIS THE BASE PLATE OF THE REVERSE FAILED TO INCORPORATE AND THE BASE PLATE MIGRATED BREAKING BASE PLATE SCREWS. THERE WAS ALSO LYSIS AROUND THE STEM SO EVERYTHING WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH AN ANTIBIOTIC SPACER WHILE A CUSTOM BASEPLATE COULD BE MANUFACTURED. DEVICE BREAKAGE WAS REPORTED AS THE BASE PLATE SCREWS HAD BROKEN. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAYS DURING THE PROCEDURE. NO X-RAYS WERE PROVIDED. THE PATIENT WAS LAST KNOWN TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION FOLLOWING THE EVENT. THE EXPLANTED DEVICES ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS NO DEVICE IMAGES WERE PROVIDED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION. THIS IS 1 OF 4 REPORTS FOR THIS EVENT. THIS IS 1 OF 3 EVENTS FOR THIS PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2545366 EQINOXE REVERSE COMPRESSION SCREW PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, NON-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER CEMENTED KWT EXACTECH, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 64 YR Male Required Intervention| H SEE H11.