Continuum® Trilogy® Allofit® Longevity® 00-8751-011-36Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00889024149168), received between Nov 19, 2020 and Jan 23, 2024 — classified as 3 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (2 reports).

3 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K091508, K123019, K151448); 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 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryJan 23, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE APPROXIMATELY 5 YEARS POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PAIN, LIMB LENGTH DISCREPANCY, INSTABILITY WITH RECURRENT DISLOCATIONS, AND METALLOSIS. DURING THE PROCEDURE LARGE GRAY-BLACK SYNOVIAL EFFUSION, EXTENSIVE OSTEOLYSIS AND NECROTIC LESION OF R HIP SOFT TISSUE WITH COMPLETE LOSS OF HIP ABDUCTOR ATTACHMENTS ON PROXIMAL FEMUR NOTED. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DEBRIDEMENT OF R HIP PSEUDOTUMOR. GROSS BLACK DEBRIS AROUND THE FEMORAL TRUNNION, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION, THE HEAD AND LINER COMPONENTS WERE EXCHANGED WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Joint Dislocation; Joint effusion; Metal Related Pathology; Muscle/Tendon Damage; Necrosis; Osteolysis; Pain; Unequal Limb Length

  MAUDE report 18562111 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 28, 2023Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem; Packaging Problem; Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem; Packaging Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CIRCULATING NURSE OPENED THE IMPLANT, AND THE SCRUB NURSE NOTICED A HAIR INSIDE OF THE STERILE PACKAGING LAYING ON THE INSIDE OF THE LINER. THERE WAS NO CONSEQUENCES OR IMPACT TO THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16453904 ↗
• InjuryOct 13, 2021Unstable; Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Unstable; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT HIP ARTHROPLASTY REVISION TO ADDRESS PAIN, INSTABILITY, SUBLUXATION AND DISLOCATION APPROXIMATELY NINE (9) YEARS POST-OPERATIVELY. DURING THE REVISION THE SURGEON WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE NECK FROM TAPER, AND ELECTED TO RETAIN STEM AS IT WAS COLD-WELDED. ALL OTHER COMPONENTS WERE REVISED. INITIAL OPERATIVE NOTES NOTED NO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. REVISION OPERATIVE NOTES IDENTIFIED BROWNISH COLORED FLUID IN THE JOINT AND THE HIP WAS FOUND TO BE DISLOCATED WHEN THE CAPSULE WAS OPENED. THE HEAD, SHELL AND LINER WERE REMOVED AND SOME SIGNIFICANT ANTERIOR WALL BONE LOSS WAS NOTED. THE NECK COULD NOT BE DISASSOCIATED FROM THE STEM AND NEITHER WERE REVISED. NO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS RELEVANT TO THE REPORTED EVENT WERE IDENTIFIED.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Joint Dislocation; Metal Related Pathology; Muscle/Tendon Damage; Necrosis; Osteopenia/ Osteoporosis; Pain; Scar Tissue; Subluxation

  MAUDE report 12627835 ↗
• InjuryNov 19, 2020Naturally Worn; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Insufficient Device Problem Information; Naturally Worn; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REVISED 10 YEARS LATER DUE TO PAIN, INSTABILITY, CUP MIGRATION, LINER WEAR, AND METAL RELATED PATHOLOGY. OPERATIVE NOTE REPORTED INSTABILITY DUE TO POLY LINER DAMAGE WITH VERTICALLY ORIENTATED ACETABULAR COMPONENT. METALLOSIS 2ND TRUNNION WEAR MODULAR NECK AND STEM INTERFACE. TISSUE STAINED WITH GROSS GREYISH BLACK METALLOSIS TYPE TISSUE ON BOTH ACETABULAR AND FEMORAL COMPONENTS. CUP. LINER, HEAD AND STEM REVISED. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAVE BEEN MADE; HOWEVER, NO MORE IS AVAILABLE.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant; No Information; Pain

  MAUDE report 10869501 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K091508, K123019, K151448. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-0094-2015 · Oct 1, 2014 · Terminated
  Continuum Acetabular System Trabecular Metal Shell with Multi Holes, Porous 68mm, Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer
• Z-0071-2011 · Mar 19, 2010 · Terminated
  Continuum Acetabular Systems Shell Inserter Adapter with Rotational Control, 00-8790-003-00, Zimmer Inc., Warsaw, IN. Used to mate the inserter with the shell implant.
• Z-0072-2011 · Mar 19, 2010 · Terminated
  Continuum Acetabular Systems Shell Inserter Adapter without Rotational Control, 00-8790-003-10, Zimmer Inc., Warsaw, IN. Used to mate the inserter with the shell implant.