Trabecular Metal® 6202-50-20Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00889024118836), received between Apr 1, 2021 and Sep 18, 2025 — classified as 2 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device-Device Incompatibility” (1 report).

3 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K021891, K093561); 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

Recent adverse event reports

The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjurySep 18, 2025Migration; Migration

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY. APPROXIMATELY TEN (10) MONTHS POST-IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PAIN AND THE ACETABULAR AUGMENT WAS FOUND TO BE FRACTURED. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY TO REPLACE THE AFFECTED COMPONENT WITHOUT REPORTED COMPLICATION. DUE DILIGENCE IS COMPLETE AS MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE; ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Pain

  MAUDE report 23087983 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 14, 2025Fracture; Misassembled; Device-Device Incompatibility; Fracture; Misassembled; Device-Device Incompatibility

  NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22809624 ↗
• InjuryApr 1, 2021Unstable; Loss of Osseointegration; Unstable; Loss of Osseointegration

  IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LEFT HIP REVISION SURGERY 7 YEARS POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO STEM FRACTURE, PAN AND INSTABILITY. CUP WAS RETAINED AND HEAD AND STEM WERE REVISED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

  Patient problems: Extraskeletal ossification; Inadequate Osseointegration; Pain

  MAUDE report 11606219 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K021891, K093561. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-1496-2014 · Apr 1, 2014 · Terminated
  TRABECULAR METAL MODULAR ACETABULAR SYSTEM, Shell with Cluster Holes, Porous 60mm. Catalog number 00-6202-060-22; Hip implant component.
• Z-3279-2011 · Sep 1, 2011 · Terminated
  The Trabecular Metal Modular Acetabular System is a modular acetabular cup system consisting of a shell with a preassembled locking ring, a liner, and optional screws. The Shells
• Z-0060-2011 · Aug 18, 2010 · Terminated
  Zimmer Trabecular metal Modular Acetabular system 56 mm Porous shell with cluster holes, Catalog 00-6202-056-22, Zimmer Inc., Warsaw, IN. This device is indicated for primary or re