VerSys® Advocate® 7850-13Recalls & reported problems
Zimmer, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant
Data updated Oct 16, 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 00889024138148), received between Nov 12, 2021 and May 15, 2025 — classified as 1 injury, 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fracture” (1 report).
3 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K950312); 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 16, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
- Fracture1
Patient problems
- Extraskeletal ossification1
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionMay 15, 2025Fracture; Fracture
NO FURTHER INFORMATION AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22024532 ↗InjuryNov 12, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT UNDERWENT INITIAL LEFT PARTIAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY. SUBSEQUENTLY THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO TOTAL ARTHROPLASTY APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS LATER DUE TO PAIN AND ARTHRITIC DISEASE PROGRESSION. DURING THE REVISION, SIGNIFICANT HO WAS ENCOUNTERED AND REMOVED FROM THE POSTERIOR CAPSULE. THE HEAD WAS EXCHANGED WITHOUT COMPLICATION. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
Patient problems: Extraskeletal ossification
MAUDE report 12802791 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K950312. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1164-2016 · Jan 11, 2016 · TerminatedProduct 66 consists of all product under product code: JDI and same usage: Item no: 785001100 VERSYS ADVOCATE CEMENTED 785001200 VERSYS ADVOCATE CEMENTED 785001220 VERSYS ADVOCATE
- Z-1167-2016 · Jan 11, 2016 · TerminatedProduct 69 consists of all product under product code: JDI and same usage: Item no: 785301701 VERSYS CEMENTED FEM STEM 785301521 VERSYS CEMENTED FEM STEM 15X140MM X-OFF 785301601
- Z-1029-2014 · Oct 11, 2013 · Terminated12/14 UNIPOLAR FEMORAL HE VERSYS CEM LD/FX SZ 11X12 VERSYS CEM LD/FX SZ 12X12 VERSYS CEM LD/FX SZ 14X13 VERSYS CEM LD/FX SZ 16X14 VERSYS CEM LD/FX ST 18X15 VERSYS PRESS FIT LD/FX S
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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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