Tap, Bone
FDA adverse event reports and recall history for tap, bone (product code HWX), from the public MAUDE/AEMS corpus and the live FDA recall database.
- Total reports
- 1,284
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 157
- Malfunctions
- 1,111
Reports per year
Source: FDA adverse event reports by year received, 2012–2026. Reporting paused during the 2026 MAUDE-to-AEMS transition and has since resumed.
Recent recalls
- 2026-03-30Open, ClassifiedProcess change control
2.4 VOLT TAP LOCKING SCREW TAP TO 90MM. Part Number: 03.424.124-US.
A full lot swap between VOLT Locking Screw Tap 03.424.124 lot 68900P9 and Cortical Screw Tap 03.424.126 lot 68982P8, resulting in the bones taps having an incorrect thread.
- 2026-03-30Open, ClassifiedProcess change control
2.4 VOLT(TM) TAP CORTEX SCREW TO 90MM. Part Number: 03.424.126-US.
A full lot swap between VOLT Locking Screw Tap 03.424.124 lot 68900P9 and Cortical Screw Tap 03.424.126 lot 68982P8, resulting in the bones taps having an incorrect thread.
- 2013-07-01TerminatedPackaging process control
TPS Micro Reciprocating Small Tear Cross Cut Rasp 5.0mm x 11mm Ref. 5100-37-113 Lot 122518, 122447. Orthopedic manual surgical instrument
The seal which maintains a sterile barrier for reprocessed medical devices became compromised to the point where product may fall out of the pouch.
- 2012-06-06TerminatedPackaging
6.5 MM CANELLOUS TAP W/ QUICK CONNECT, REF 71173509, QTY: (1), STERILE R, Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN 38116 Orthopedic surgical device.
Plastic trays which encase these products have burrs on the hinged packaging which can puncture the single barrier sterile pouch, voiding sterility.
- 2010-11-26TerminatedDevice Design
CSS-059-70-5, Modified 7.0 mm Modified Depth Gauge, Lot 0985031
The print for modified CSS depth gauges has inaccurate definition of the etched screw length. The error results in a length reading that is longer (5 mm in the case of the 7.0 and 4mm in the cases of the 5.5 and 4.0) than the actual length of the buried guide wire segment and even longer (10 mm in the case of the 7.0 and 8mm in the cases of the 5.5 and 4.0) than the design intention readings. This
- 2010-11-26TerminatedDevice Design
CSS-059-55-4, Modified 5.5 mm Modified Depth Gauge, Lot 0985021
The print for modified CSS depth gauges has inaccurate definition of the etched screw length. The error results in a length reading that is longer (5 mm in the case of the 7.0 and 4mm in the cases of the 5.5 and 4.0) than the actual length of the buried guide wire segment and even longer (10 mm in the case of the 7.0 and 8mm in the cases of the 5.5 and 4.0) than the design intention readings. This
- 2010-11-26TerminatedDevice Design
CSS-059-40-4 Modified 4.0mm Modified Depth Gauge, Lot 0985011
The print for modified CSS depth gauges has inaccurate definition of the etched screw length. The error results in a length reading that is longer (5 mm in the case of the 7.0 and 4mm in the cases of the 5.5 and 4.0) than the actual length of the buried guide wire segment and even longer (10 mm in the case of the 7.0 and 8mm in the cases of the 5.5 and 4.0) than the design intention readings. This
- 2010-05-19TerminatedNonconforming Material/Component
4.5MM Bone Tap, Modular; Manufactured by: Blackstone Medical, Inc. 1720 Bray Central Drive, McKinney, TX 75069. Intended to created a screw thread in a hole drilled into bone to facilitate placement of a bone screw.
Certain lots of the non-cannulated Modular Bone Taps used with the Firebird Spinal Fixation Systems may contain a manufacturing non conformance resulting in the taps creating a single lead screw thread rather than the required dual lead screw thread.
- 2010-05-19TerminatedNonconforming Material/Component
5.5MM Bone Tap, Modular; Manufactured by: Blackstone Medical, Inc. 1720 Bray Central Drive, McKinney, TX 75069. Intended to created a screw thread in a hole drilled into bone to facilitate placement of a bone screw.
Certain lots of the non-cannulated Modular Bone Taps used with the Firebird Spinal Fixation Systems may contain a manufacturing non conformance resulting in the taps creating a single lead screw thread rather than the required dual lead screw thread.
- 2010-05-19TerminatedNonconforming Material/Component
6.5MM Bone Tap, Modular; Manufactured by: Blackstone Medical, Inc. 1720 Bray Central Drive, McKinney, TX 75069. Intended to created a screw thread in a hole drilled into bone to facilitate placement of a bone screw.
Certain lots of the non-cannulated Modular Bone Taps used with the Firebird Spinal Fixation Systems may contain a manufacturing non conformance resulting in the taps creating a single lead screw thread rather than the required dual lead screw thread.
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