Biolox® Option 00-8777-028-02Recalls & reported problems
Zimmer GmbH · BIOLOX® OPTION, HEAD, M, Ø 28/0, TAPER 12/14 · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Biolox Option (16)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 5
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 5
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00889024430440), received between Dec 23, 2019 and Sep 29, 2026 — classified as 5 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (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 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Device Dislodged or Dislocated4
- Degraded1
- Material Integrity Problem1
Patient problems
- Joint Dislocation2
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available1
- Bone Fracture(s)1
- Failure of Implant1
- Fall1
- Joint Contracture1
- No Information1
- Scar Tissue1
Recent adverse event reports
The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjurySep 29, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated
Patient problems: Joint Contracture; Joint Dislocation; Scar Tissue
MAUDE report 50933410 ↗InjuryJan 2, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD DISLOCATION, DURING SURGICAL INTERVENTION PATIENT APPEARED TO PRESENT WITH TRUNION WEAR AND PSEUDOTUMOR POSSIBLY FROM METAL ION RELEASE. DUE DILIGENCE IS IN PROGRESS FOR THIS COMPLAINT; TO DATE NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR PRODUCT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 18424470 ↗InjuryOct 22, 2021Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY DUE TO DISLOCATION.
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Failure of Implant
MAUDE report 12680679 ↗InjuryMay 26, 2021Degraded; Material Integrity Problem; Degraded; Material Integrity Problem
PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED ON AN UNKNOWN SIDE AND UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY DUE TO EXCESSIVE SCUFFING PRESENT ON THE DUAL MOBILITY BEARING. THE PATIENT HAD A FALL AND FRACTURED DISTALLY THE STEM. THE FEMORAL FRACTURE IS MARKED AS CONTRIBUTING CONDITION FOR THIS SCUFFING.
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall
MAUDE report 11885405 ↗InjuryDec 23, 2019Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
DURING THE INVESTIGATION TASKS, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE DEVICE HERE REPORTED IS ACTUALLY THE DEVICE WHICH WAS IMPLANTED DURING THE REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2019. IDENTIFICATION OF THE EXPLANTED DEVICES REMAIN UNKNOWN. FURTHERMORE, WARSAW REPORTED AN UNKNOWN HEAD IN THEIR COMPLAINT (B)(4) (MDR REPORT 0001822565-2019-05345). THIS IS WHY THIS COMPLAINT IS GOING TO BE INVALIDATED. PLEASE VOID THIS REPORT FROM YOUR DATABASE.
Patient problems: No Information
MAUDE report 9509711 ↗
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- BIOLOX DELTA 1365-40-710Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented170 reports
- PINNACLE GRIPTION 1217-32-054Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented169 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 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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