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RINGLOC HIP SYSTEM 11-105905Recalls & reported problems

Biomet Orthopedics, LLC · Class 2 · Implant

All models of RingLoc Hip System (40)

Data updated Oct 18, 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 00880304202375), received between Jun 2, 2026 and Jun 2, 2026 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (1 report).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K023357, K926107); 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

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Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Device Dislodged or Dislocated1

Patient problems

  • Joint Dislocation1
  • Peripheral Nervous Injury1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryJun 2, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY FOLLOWED BY MULTIPLE REVISIONS DUE TO PAIN, METALLOSIS, OSTEOLYSIS, AND RECURRENT DISLOCATIONS; THE PATIENT DEVELOPED POST-OPERATIVE FOOT DROP AFTER THE SECOND REVISION, AND ALL IMPLANTS EXCEPT THE STEM WERE REVISED APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS LATER. THE PATIENT WAS FIRST REVISED APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS POST-IMPLANTATION DUE TO PAIN, METALLOSIS, AND OSTEOLYSIS. APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS LATER, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SECOND REVISION FOR RECURRENT POSTERIOR DISLOCATIONS; INTRA-OPERATIVELY, TWO FRACTURED ACETABULAR SCREWS WERE IDENTIFIED AND THE CUP WAS FOUND IN A RETROVERTED POSITION. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SECOND REVISION, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED FOOT DROP DUE TO A PARTIAL NERVE INJURY WITH ASSOCIATED WEAKNESS OF DORSIFLEXION. APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH POST-OPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH RECURRENT ANTERIOR DISLOCATIONS AND UNDERWENT A THIRD REVISION APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS AFTER THE SECOND REVISION, DURING WHICH ALL IMPLANTS EXCEPT THE STEM WERE REVISED WITHOUT COMPLICATION. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Joint Dislocation; Peripheral Nervous Injury

    MAUDE report 25361696 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K023357, K926107. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-1860-2017 · Feb 17, 2017 · Terminated
    various polyethylene implants Hips Active Articulation ArComXL Bearings Active Articulation E1 Bearings Arcos Taper Cap BIOLOX delta Option Head E1 RingLoc Bi-Polar Freedom Constr

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