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NA 6250-65-15Recalls & reported problems

Zimmer, Inc. · Class 2

Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
20
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
16
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 20 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00889024119796), received between Dec 8, 2021 and Jul 31, 2026 — classified as 16 injuries, 4 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth” (4 reports).

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 16, 2026.

Reports received per month

Nov 2023: 0 reportsDec 2023: 1 reportsJan 2024: 0 reportsFeb 2024: 0 reportsMar 2024: 0 reportsApr 2024: 1 reportsMay 2024: 0 reportsJun 2024: 0 reportsJul 2024: 0 reportsAug 2024: 0 reportsSep 2024: 0 reportsOct 2024: 0 reportsNov 2024: 0 reportsDec 2024: 0 reportsJan 2025: 0 reportsFeb 2025: 0 reportsMar 2025: 1 reportsApr 2025: 0 reportsMay 2025: 0 reportsJun 2025: 0 reportsJul 2025: 0 reportsAug 2025: 1 reportsSep 2025: 0 reportsOct 2025: 1 reportsNov 2025: 1 reportsDec 2025: 1 reportsJan 2026: 0 reportsFeb 2026: 1 reportsMar 2026: 0 reportsApr 2026: 1 reportsMay 2026: 4 reportsJun 2026: 0 reportsJul 2026: 1 reportsAug 2026: 0 reportsSep 2026: 0 reportsOct 2026: 0 reports2024202520264
Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem7
  • Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth4
  • Migration4
  • Fracture2
  • Detachment of Device or Device Component1
  • Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem1
  • Migration or Expulsion of Device1
  • Positioning Failure1

Patient problems

  • Ambulation or Postural Difficulties6
  • Medical device site infection5
  • Scar Tissue5
  • Abscess4
  • Bacterial Infection4
  • Failure of Implant4
  • No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions4
  • Purulent Discharge4

Recent adverse event reports

The 20 most recent of 20 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • MalfunctionJul 31, 2026Fracture

    It was reported that the screw broke during insertion.There was no known impact or consequences to the patient.Attempts have been made and no further information has been provided.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 50098360 ↗
  • InjuryMay 15, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS POST-HIP PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SEPTIC SHOCK DUE TO MRSA INFECTION IN THE HIP. THEY HAD FEVERS, DIFFICULTY WALKING, SWELLING, ABSCESS, AND POSITIVE CULTURES FOR MRSA AND SEPTIC SHOCK. THE HEAD WAS EXCHANGED IN AN I&D PROCEDURE BEFORE THE STAGE ONE REVISION ONE MONTH LATER. OP RECORDS NOTE PURULENT FLUID, LARGE FASCIAL DEHISCENCE. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED WITH A CEMENT SPACER DURING STAGE ONE WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. THE STAGE TWO REVISION TOOK PLACE FOUR MONTHS LATER. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Abscess; Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Bacterial Infection; Medical device site infection; Purulent Discharge; Scar Tissue; Sepsis; Septic Shock; Swelling/ Edema; Wound Dehiscence

    MAUDE report 25183761 ↗
  • InjuryMay 15, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS POST-HIP PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SEPTIC SHOCK DUE TO MRSA INFECTION IN THE HIP. THEY HAD FEVERS, DIFFICULTY WALKING, SWELLING, ABSCESS, AND POSITIVE CULTURES FOR MRSA AND SEPTIC SHOCK. THE HEAD WAS EXCHANGED IN AN I&D PROCEDURE BEFORE THE STAGE ONE REVISION ONE MONTH LATER. OP RECORDS NOTE PURULENT FLUID, LARGE FASCIAL DEHISCENCE. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED WITH A CEMENT SPACER DURING STAGE ONE WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. THE STAGE TWO REVISION TOOK PLACE FOUR MONTHS LATER. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Abscess; Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Bacterial Infection; Medical device site infection; Purulent Discharge; Scar Tissue; Sepsis; Septic Shock; Swelling/ Edema; Wound Dehiscence

    MAUDE report 25183723 ↗
  • InjuryMay 15, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS POST-HIP PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SEPTIC SHOCK DUE TO MRSA INFECTION IN THE HIP. THEY HAD FEVERS, DIFFICULTY WALKING, SWELLING, ABSCESS, AND POSITIVE CULTURES FOR MRSA AND SEPTIC SHOCK. THE HEAD WAS EXCHANGED IN AN I&D PROCEDURE BEFORE THE STAGE ONE REVISION ONE MONTH LATER. OP RECORDS NOTE PURULENT FLUID, LARGE FASCIAL DEHISCENCE. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED WITH A CEMENT SPACER DURING STAGE ONE WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. THE STAGE TWO REVISION TOOK PLACE FOUR MONTHS LATER. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Abscess; Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Bacterial Infection; Medical device site infection; Purulent Discharge; Scar Tissue; Sepsis; Septic Shock; Swelling/ Edema; Wound Dehiscence

    MAUDE report 25183716 ↗
  • InjuryMay 15, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS POST-HIP PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SEPTIC SHOCK DUE TO MRSA INFECTION IN THE HIP. THEY HAD FEVERS, DIFFICULTY WALKING, SWELLING, ABSCESS, AND POSITIVE CULTURES FOR MRSA AND SEPTIC SHOCK. THE HEAD WAS EXCHANGED IN AN I&D PROCEDURE BEFORE THE STAGE ONE REVISION ONE MONTH LATER. OP RECORDS NOTE PURULENT FLUID, LARGE FASCIAL DEHISCENCE. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED WITH A CEMENT SPACER DURING STAGE ONE WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. THE STAGE TWO REVISION TOOK PLACE FOUR MONTHS LATER. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Abscess; Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Bacterial Infection; Medical device site infection; Purulent Discharge; Scar Tissue; Sepsis; Septic Shock; Swelling/ Edema; Wound Dehiscence

    MAUDE report 25183712 ↗
  • InjuryApr 20, 2026Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT HIP REVISION DUE TO PAIN, AMBULATION DIFFICULTIES, AND ACETABULAR FIXATION FAILURE. THE PATIENT REPORTED SEVERE PAIN AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO WALK. THE STEM WAS RETAINED AND ALL OTHER COMPONENTS REVISED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Aseptic loosening; Pain

    MAUDE report 24926212 ↗
  • InjuryFeb 26, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS POST-IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A HIP REVISION DUE TO INSTABILITY, RECURRENT DISLOCATIONS, AND IMPINGEMENT FROM POOR POSITIONING OF IMPLANTS. THE SURGEON ATTRIBUTED THE RECURRENT DISLOCATION TO POOR CUP PLACEMENT. THE TROCHANTERIC CLAW HAD ANTERIOR FIXATION RESULTING IN TISSUE IMPINGEMENT. DURING THE REVISION, A COMPETITOR CUP WAS CEMENTED INTO THE EXISTING CUP; THE HEAD AND LINER WERE EXCHANGED; AND THE STEM AND CLAW WERE RETAINED WITH SOME TISSUE AROUND THE GREATER TROCHANTER DEBRIDED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Joint Dislocation; Joint Impingement; Joint Laxity; Pain

    MAUDE report 24455856 ↗
  • MalfunctionDec 4, 2025Fracture; Fracture

    NO FURTHER INFORMATION AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 23717399 ↗
  • InjuryNov 21, 2025Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL RIGHT HIP ARTHROPLASTY AND WAS IMPLANTED WITH ZIMMER BIOMET PRODUCTS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO LOOSENING. THE CUP AND SCREWS WERE EXPLANTED.

    Patient problems: Aseptic loosening

    MAUDE report 23616776 ↗
  • InjuryOct 6, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

    NO FURTHER INFORMATION AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

    Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Nerve Damage; Neuropathy

    MAUDE report 23220220 ↗
  • InjuryAug 25, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF YEARS POST-IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A HIP REVISION DUE TO INFECTION, PAIN, INFLAMMATION, AND HEAD AND TRUNNION DISASSOCIATION DEMONSTRATED ON X-RAYS. DURING THE REVISION THE HEAD WAS CONFIRMED FRACTURED, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT SCAR TISSUE, AND NECROTIC TISSUE WAS DEBRIDED FROM THE CUP. ALL COMPONENTS REVISED AND A CEMENT SPACER IMPLANTED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Medical device site infection; Necrosis; Pain; Scar Tissue

    MAUDE report 22882967 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 10, 2025Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem; Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED WHEN OPENING THE HIP SCREW, THE INNER PACKAGING WAS CRACKED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A NEW SCREW. THERE IS NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 21558603 ↗
  • InjuryApr 4, 2024Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A HIP REVISION APPROXIMATELY 14 MONTHS POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO A LOOSE ACETABULAR COMPONENT. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Insufficient Information

    MAUDE report 19041918 ↗
  • InjuryDec 12, 2023Migration or Expulsion of Device; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Migration; Migration or Expulsion of Device; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Migration

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THREE DAYS AFTER A RIGHT HIP REVISION SURGERY, THE PATIENT REQUIRED A SECOND REVISION DUE TO A SCREW PULLING THROUGH THE ACETABULAR SHELL WITH SUBSEQUENT LOOSENING OF THE ACETABULAR SHELL. THE SURGEON REMOVED THE SHELL AND RE-IMPLANTED A NEW SHELL. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY, NO SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS, AND NO FOREIGN BODY WAS RETAINED. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THE PATIENT'S CONDITION OR ANATOMY CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Insufficient Information

    MAUDE report 18312402 ↗
  • InjuryAug 7, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL HIP PROCEDURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR LATER DUE TO BONE LOSS. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Osteopenia/ Osteoporosis

    MAUDE report 17471383 ↗
  • InjuryNov 8, 2022Positioning Problem; Positioning Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED A PATIENT UNDERWENT A TOTAL HIP PROCEDURE. DURING THE PROCEDURE, WHILE SECURING THE SHELL, A SCREW SLIPPED ENTIRELY THROUGH THE SCREW HOLE. THERE WAS A DELAY OF FIFTEEN MINUTES WHILE THE SURGEON ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE SCREW, BUT WAS UNABLE. THE SCREW REMAINS IN THE PATIENT. DUE DILIGENCE IS IN PROCESS FOR THIS COMPLAINT; TO DATE NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

    MAUDE report 15754549 ↗
  • MalfunctionOct 10, 2022Positioning Failure; Positioning Failure

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SURGEON PERFORMED THE PROCEDURE AS USUAL, DRILL, DEPTH GAUGE, AND SCREW INSERTION, BUT THE SCREW DID NOT GO IN, SO HE PERFORMED THE SAME OPERATION SEVERAL TIMES AND THE SCREW PASSED THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE CUP. IT COULD NOT BE REMOVED AND REMAINED IN PLACE. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES WERE REPORTED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 15572023 ↗
  • InjuryDec 8, 2021Migration; Migration

    NO ADDITIONAL EVENT INFORMATION TO REPORT AT THIS TIME.

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant

    MAUDE report 12960912 ↗
  • InjuryDec 8, 2021Migration; Migration

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT INITIAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED 2 YEARS POST IMPLANTATION FOR ASEPTIC LOOSENING. CONTINUUM CUP EXPLANTED AND REPLACED WITH A CUP FROM ANOTHER COMPANY. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant

    MAUDE report 12960859 ↗
  • InjuryDec 8, 2021Migration; Migration

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT INITIAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED 2 YEARS POST IMPLANTATION FOR ASEPTIC LOOSENING. CONTINUUM CUP EXPLANTED AND REPLACED WITH A CUP FROM ANOTHER COMPANY. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant

    MAUDE report 12960856 ↗

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