BIOLOX® Delta Hip System 12-115114Recalls & reported problems
Biomet Orthopedics, LLC · Class 2 · Implant
All models of BIOLOX Delta Hip System (22)
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 00887868248436), received between Sep 1, 2021 and Sep 1, 2021 — classified as 1 injury.
3 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K042091, K051411); 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.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
Patient problems
- Pneumonia1
- Thrombosis/Thrombus1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjurySep 1, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT UNDERWENT INITIAL RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2021. ONE WEEK POSTOP, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED PNEUMONIA AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR ONE WEEK. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A DVT AND WAS TREATED IN THE HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT. BY THE ONE MONTH VISIT, THE PATIENT REPORTED HIGH SATISFACTION WITH ONLY SLIGHT PAIN AND PROBLEMS.
Patient problems: Pneumonia; Thrombosis/Thrombus
MAUDE report 12406666 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K042091, K051411. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2145-2020 · Apr 17, 2020 · TerminatedHip Products Item Number: 1) 110010462 RingLoc Hip System, Acetabular Bi-Polar Cup, 28 MM X 51 MM 2) 11-165218 RingLoc Bi-Polar Hip System, Acetabular Cup, 28 MM X 47 MM 3) XL-105
- Z-1613-2009 · Mar 16, 2009 · TerminatedBiomet Biolox-Delta Modular Ceramic Head, 28 mm head diameter, plus 5 neck, type 1, taper, sterile, Biomet Orthopedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN; Catalog Number 12-115112. A hip joint met
- Z-1614-2009 · Mar 16, 2009 · TerminatedBiomet Modular TTPA Ceramic Head, 28 mm head diameter plus 5 mm neck, sterile, Biomet Orthopedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN; Catalog Number: RD115112. A hip joint metal/ceramic/polymer s
Other Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented devices
- BIOLOX DELTA 1365-32-310Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented551 reports
- PINNACLE ALTRX 1221-36-052Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented481 reports
- BIOLOX DELTA 1365-32-320Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented1 death314 reports
- BIOLOX DELTA 1365-36-720Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented1 death189 reports
- DJO SURGICAL 400-03-362Encore Medical, L.P. · Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Ceramic/Polymer, Cemented Or Non-Porous, Uncemented187 reports
- Anthology 71365705Smith & Nephew, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented176 reports
- BIOLOX DELTA 1365-40-710Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented170 reports
- PINNACLE GRIPTION 1217-32-054Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented169 reports
Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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