Echo® Bi-Metric® Hip System 192010Recalls & reported problems
Biomet Orthopedics, LLC · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Echo Bi-Metric Hip System (35)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00887868260414), received between Aug 24, 2020 and Mar 17, 2021 — classified as 1 injury, 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Positioning Failure” (1 report).
3 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K070274); 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
- Positioning Failure1
Patient problems
- Confusion/ Disorientation1
- Convulsion/Seizure1
- No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryMar 17, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Confusion/ Disorientation; Convulsion/Seizure
MAUDE report 11506817 ↗MalfunctionAug 24, 2020Positioning Failure; Positioning Failure
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SURGEON REAMED AND BROACHED TO THE APPROPRIATE SIZE FOR THE IMPLANT BEING IMPLANTED. THE SURGEON INDICATED THE IMPLANTS DID NOT FIT THE SAME WAY THE BROACH FIT. EACH OF THE IMPLANTS INCLUDED IN THIS WERE IMMEDIATELY EXPLANTED UNTIL THE DESIRED FIT OF THE FINAL IMPLANT WAS ACHIEVED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
Patient problems: No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient
MAUDE report 10443405 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K070274. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2821-2018 · Jun 8, 2018 · TerminatedECHO Bi-Metric Hip System, Reduced Proximal Profile, Standard 135o neck, item number 192414. orthopedic hip prosthesis femoral stem
- Z-0300-2018 · Jun 5, 2017 · TerminatedECHO POR FMRL NC 9X125, model # 192009
- Z-0442-2013 · Nov 6, 2012 · TerminatedEcho Bi-Metric Press-Fit Stems/Echo Bi-Metric 11mm x 135mm Collarless Porous Stem (Orthopedic Implant) Indications: 1) Noninflammatory degenerative joint disease including osteoar
Other Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented devices
- NA 1365-51-000Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented753 reports
- NA 1365-50-000Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented412 reports
- ARTICUL/EZE 1365-21-000Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented1 recall280 reports
- ARTICUL/EZE 1365-11-000Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented1 death262 reports
- LFIT 6260-9-236Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented256 reports
- PINNACLE GRIPTION 1217-32-052Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented2 deaths239 reports
- ELEOS™ 25002111EOnkos Surgical, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented3 deaths230 reports
- Novation 130-36-52Exactech, Inc. · Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Cemented2 recalls124 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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