G7® Vivacit-E® 30123607Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00889024520509), received between Sep 29, 2022 and Aug 26, 2025 — classified as 4 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Noise, Audible” (2 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 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryAug 26, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL HIP PROCEDURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT REPORTED ONGOING AND INCREASING PAIN APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS POST-IMPLANTATION. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT¿S PAIN WAS TREATED WITH ULTRASOUND GUIDED BLOCKADE AND WAS RESOLVED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE, AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 22892867 ↗
• InjuryAug 11, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

  Patient problems: Joint Laxity

  MAUDE report 22778728 ↗
• InjuryFeb 26, 2024Material Erosion; Noise, Audible; Migration; Material Erosion; Noise, Audible; Migration

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT HIP REVISION APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO INSTABILITY, PAIN, SQUEAKING, POPPING, AND STIFFNESS. RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES INDICATED MIGRATION OF HEAD. DURING THE REVISION, WHEN THE HEAD WAS REMOVED, METALLOSIS AND EROSION WERE NOTED AND A LINER DISASSOCIATION FROM CUP WAS NOTED. THE HEAD, NECK, AND LINER WERE EXCHANGED WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. THE STEM AND CUP REMAIN IMPLANTED. DUE DILIGENCE IS COMPLETE FOR THIS COMPLAINT; TO DATE, THE PRODUCT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED AND NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED.

  Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology; Pain

  MAUDE report 18778981 ↗
• InjuryJan 9, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Noise, Audible; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Noise, Audible

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT HIP REVISION APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN WEEKS POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO A DISASSOCIATION OF THE LINER AND CUP. DURING THE PROCEDURE, METALOSIS WAS NOTED FROM THE HEAD RUBBING ON THE CUP. ALL THE METALOSIS WAS REMOVED AND THE LINER, HEAD AND NECK WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information; Pain

  MAUDE report 18474779 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 29, 2022Difficult to Insert; Difficult to Insert

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A HIP PROCEDURE, THE LINER WAS UNABLE TO BE ASSEMBLED WITH THE SHELL. A NEW LINER WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE SURGERY. THERE WAS NO HARM OR INJURY TO THE PATIENT. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15504436 ↗