Continuum® Trabecular Metal™ 00-8757-048-02Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00889024151321), received between Sep 27, 2022 and Sep 27, 2022 — classified as 1 injury.

4 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K091508, K151448, K200823); 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 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjurySep 27, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  A JOURNAL ARTICLE WAS RETRIEVED FROM JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDICS (2022) THAT REPORTED A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY FROM JAPAN THAT LOOKED AT STEM OPTIONS FOR ALTERED MORPHOLOGY OF THE PROXIMAL FEMUR IN PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUS FEMORAL OSTEOTOMY. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO ASSESS THE SHORT-TERM RESULTS OF TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY (THA) AFTER FEMORAL OSTEOTOMY USING A TAPERED CONE STEM, AND TO IDENTIFY ISSUES THAT REQUIRE FURTHER ATTENTION. THE STUDY REVIEWED 21 PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT THA AFTER FEMORAL OSTEOTOMY. THE PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS WAS OSTEONECROSIS IN NINE HIPS, DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPLASIA OF THE HIP IN EIGHT HIPS, AND BENIGN CHONDROBLASTOMA WITHIN THE FEMORAL HEAD IN ONE HIP THAT HAD BEEN TREATED WITH FEMORAL OSTEOTOMY AFTER EXCISION OF THE TUMOR. THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE REMAINING THREE HIPS THAT HAD BEEN TREATED DURING INFANCY WAS UNKNOWN. THA WAS PERFORMED THROUGH THE POSTEROLATERAL APPROACH. A WAGNER CONE STEM WAS USED IN THE FEMURS. CEMENTLESS ACETABULAR CUPS WERE USED IN ALL PROCEDURES, INCLUDING THE G7 CUP IN 15 HIPS AND THE CONTINUUM CUP IN 6 HIPS (ZIMMER BIOMET). THE HEAD SIZE WAS 32 MM IN 20 HIPS AND 28 MM IN ONE HIP. CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE WAS USED IN ALL HIPS, CONSISTING OF AN ELEVA

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 15494096 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K091508, K151448, K200823. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-2519-2023 · Jul 26, 2023 · Open, Classified
  M/L Taper Hip Prosthesis Extended Offset, Reduced Neck Length, Size 4 (Item Number 00771100640) and Size 6 (Item Number 00771100440)
• 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-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.
• 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.