Continuum® Trabecular Metal™ 00-8757-052-02Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00889024151383), received between Jan 8, 2024 and Jan 8, 2024 — classified as 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Separation Failure” (1 report).

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

• MalfunctionJan 8, 2024Separation Failure; Separation Failure

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING SURGERY, THE CUP INSERTER WAS SCREWED INTO THE CUP BUT WOULD NOT RELEASE OR UNSCREW FROM THE CUP. THE CUP GOT STUCK IN THE FEMUR AND HAD TO BE PRIED OFF THE INSERTER WITH A CURETTE AND PLIERS. THE CUP WAS REMOVED FROM THE INSERTER. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE NOTED TO THE CUP, SO IT WAS IMPLANTED. THE INSERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT SURGICAL TECHNIQUE WAS UTILIZED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT IMPACT OR INJURY. THERE WERE ALSO NO SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS, AND NO FOREIGN BODY RETAINED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18467229 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K091508, 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.