NA 802202802Recalls & reported problems
Zimmer, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant
Data updated Oct 13, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
Quick summary
This Zimmer hip hemi-prosthesis is a partial hip replacement that replaces part of the thigh bone joint. Reports mostly describe the hip slipping out of place, often needing another surgery to reset or replace parts that came apart, with some infections mentioned. There are 23 reports naming its identifier, with no deaths and 22 injuries. No recalls name this device.
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- Adverse event reports
- 23
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 22
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 23 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00889024498785), received between Dec 20, 2021 and Sep 23, 2026 — classified as 22 injuries, 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (14 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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Device Dislodged or Dislocated14
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem5
- Detachment of Device or Device Component4
- Material Erosion1
- Unstable1
Patient problems
- Joint Dislocation16
- Failure of Implant4
- Fall2
- Medical device site infection2
- Osteopenia/ Osteoporosis2
- Pain2
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
- Bone Fracture(s)1
Recent adverse event reports
The 23 most recent of 23 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjurySep 23, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
It was reported that the patient underwent an initial hip procedure. Subsequently, the patient was revised due an infection approximately 12 weeks after. Attempts have been made and no further information has been provided.
Patient problems: Medical device site infection
MAUDE report 50867674 ↗MalfunctionMar 20, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS POST-IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A HIP REVISION DUE TO INFECTION. A NEW CUP, LINER, AND HEAD WERE IMPLANTED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Medical device site infection
MAUDE report 24647672 ↗InjuryMar 3, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT FELL AND UNDERWENT A CLOSED REDUCTION DUE TO A DISLOCATED HIP. DURING THE CLOSED REDUCTION, THE BIOMET BIPOLAR SHELL AND LINER DISASSOCIATED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT WAS REVISED APPROXIMATELY 10 DAYS POST IMPLANTATION. PATIENT HAS DEMENTIA LEADING TO FALLING AFTER INITIAL SURGERY. SOFT TISSUE INJURY OF THE RIGHT HIP. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THE REPORTED EVENT.
Patient problems: Dementia; Fall; Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 24495602 ↗InjuryDec 31, 2025Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE DAY POST-IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A HIP REVISION DUE TO DISLOCATION. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 23933083 ↗InjuryNov 5, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
NO ADDITIONAL EVENT INFORMATION TO REPORT AT THIS TIME.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 20609963 ↗InjuryNov 5, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component
IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS POST-IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT HIP REVISION DUE TO MULTIPLE HEMIARTHROPLASTY DISLOCATIONS. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE HEAD WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF THE SHELL AND LINER CONSTRUCT. THE STEM WAS RETAINED AND OTHER IMPLANTS WERE REVISED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 20608724 ↗InjuryOct 16, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED A PATIENT UNDERWENT A HIP REVISION APPROXIMATELY THREE DAYS POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO A DISLOCATION. THE SHELL AND HEAD WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 20466650 ↗InjuryOct 9, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
NO FURTHER INFORMATION AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 20407127 ↗InjuryOct 7, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
NO ADDITIONAL EVENT INFORMATION TO REPORT AT THIS TIME.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 20387554 ↗InjuryOct 7, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS POST IMPLANTATION OF A TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY, THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO DISLOCATION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT DISLOCATED SEVERAL TIMES POST-SURGERY. THE PATIENT WAS THEN SENT TO REHAB UNTIL A DATE FOR SURGERY WAS DETERMINED BY THE SURGEON. THE PATIENT HAD A REVISION OF POLY LINER AND FEMORAL HEAD. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WERE ANY CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 20386048 ↗InjuryAug 15, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL HIP HEMI ARTHROPLASTY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT WAS CONVERTED TO TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS LATER DUE TO DISLOCATION. DURING THE REVISION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT MOST LIKELY DISLOCATED MANY WEEKS PRIOR TO THE REVISION. ALL IMPLANTS WERE REPLACED WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 19990664 ↗InjuryAug 12, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant
MAUDE report 19962893 ↗InjuryJul 18, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component
THERE IS NO UPDATE TO THE PRIOR EVENT DESCRIPTION PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 19772101 ↗InjuryDec 29, 2023Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS REVISED APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO DISLOCATION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation; Osteopenia/ Osteoporosis
MAUDE report 18418141 ↗InjuryDec 20, 2023Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 18363309 ↗InjurySep 5, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS POST IMPLANTATION OF A TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE PROCEDURE, AT WHICH POINT THE SURGEON ALSO DECIDED TO REVISE THE IMPLANTS. THE SOURCE REPORTED THAT THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE I&D WAS FOR EITHER INFECTION OR HEMATOMA BUT COULD NOT RECALL WHICH. THE HEAD, LINER, AND SHELL WERE EXCHANGED. ATTEMPTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAVE BEEN MADE AND NONE IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Hematoma; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 17685692 ↗InjuryAug 28, 2023Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 17631669 ↗InjuryAug 21, 2023Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED A PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT HIP REVISION APPROXIMATE EIGHT DAYS POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO A DISLOCATION AND FRACTURE TO THE NECK OF THE FEMUR.THE SURGEON NOTED THAT THE STEM HAD EXCESSIVE ANTEVERSION, THE BIPOLAR SHELL WAS TOO BIG. THE HEAD, LINER AND STEM WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 17584610 ↗InjuryAug 16, 2023Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT HAD A REVISION SURGERY ONE MONTH POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO DISLOCATION. THE HEAD PULLED OUT OF THE CONTINUUM CONSTRAINED LINER WITH LOCKING INTACT. CUP, LINER, BONE SCREWS, AND HEAD WERE EXPLANTED.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 17558844 ↗InjuryMay 2, 2023Unstable; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Unstable; Detachment of Device or Device Component
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT FELL AND EXPERIENCED A DISLOCATION AFTER A BIPOLAR HIP PROCEDURE. THE SURGEON TRIED TO REDUCE BUT WAS UNABLE TO. IT WAS THEN FOUND THAT THE HEAD HAD SEPARATED FORM THE LINER AND BIPOLAR. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY APPROXIMATELY A WEEK LATER. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Bone Fracture(s); Failure of Implant; Fall; Joint Dislocation; Muscle/Tendon Damage; Osteopenia/ Osteoporosis; Pain; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 16854720 ↗InjuryNov 28, 2022Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT FELL DAY 4 POST OP IN HER NURSING HOME AND DISLOCATED HER HIP. AN ATTEMPT AT A CLOSED REDUCTION WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, BUT DID CAUSE ACETABULAR SHELL TO MOVE. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED TO REVISE THE DISLOCATION AND LOOSENED SHELL. DURING REVISION PROCEDURE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE 28MM HEAD HAD DISSOCIATED FROM THE ARTICULATING 42MM E1 BEARING.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 15871204 ↗InjuryMay 20, 2022Detachment of Device or Device Component; Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO DISLOCATION AND DISASSOCIATION OF THE BEARING WHICH WAS FREE FLOATING IN THE JOINT CAUSING LOOSE OF SENSATION IN THE HIP APPROXIMATELY 20 DAYS POST IMPLANTATION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Hyporesponsive to stimuli; Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 14462116 ↗InjuryDec 20, 2021Material Erosion; Material Erosion
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology
MAUDE report 13043145 ↗
Other Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal/polymer, cemented or uncemented devices
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- SELF CENTERING 1035-45-000Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal/polymer, cemented or uncemented84 reports
- LFIT 6260-9-036Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal/polymer, cemented or uncemented80 reports
- ACTIS 101011060Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal/polymer, cemented or uncemented66 reports
- RINGLOC BI-POLAR HIP SYSTEM 11-165228Biomet Orthopedics, LLC · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal/polymer, cemented or uncemented1 recall1 death12 reports
- SELF CENTERING 1035-44-000Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal/polymer, cemented or uncemented60 reports
- TANDEM 71324046Smith & Nephew, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal/polymer, cemented or uncemented1 recall9 reports
- Compress® Device 178552Biomet Orthopedics, LLC · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal/polymer, cemented or uncemented1 recall9 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 13, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 13, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 13, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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