ECHELON 71340113Recalls & reported problems
Smith & Nephew, Inc. · ECHELON 190MM POROUS FEMORAL COMPONENT SIZE 13 · Class 2 · Implant
All models of ECHELON (30)
Data updated Oct 16, 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 03596010328724), received between Nov 19, 2018 and Feb 5, 2023 — classified as 5 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (3 reports).
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K211176, K983834); 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 16, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Break3
- Fracture2
Patient problems
- Injury3
- Failure of Implant2
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
- Bone Fracture(s)1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryFeb 5, 2023Fracture; Fracture
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER A THA WAS PERFORMED, THE ECH POR 190MM STR SZ 13 THAT WAS IMPLANTED, BROKE. THE CURRENT STATE OF HEALTH OF THE PATIENT IS UNKNOWN. NO MEDICAL INTERVENTION HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant
MAUDE report 16302053 ↗InjuryJan 31, 2023Fracture; Fracture
IT WAS REPORTED, FOUR YEARS AFTER A THR SURGERY HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON 2014, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ONSET OF THIGH PAIN AND INABILITY TO WALK. THE PATIENT WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH PAIN ON (B)(6) 2022. AS A RESULT OF THE EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT, X-RAYS WERE TAKEN ON (B)(6) 2022 AND SHOWED THAT THE ECHELON 190MM POROUS FEMORAL COMPONENT SIZE 13 WAS FRACTURED. THIS WAS ADDRESSED VIA REVISION SURGERY TO EXPLANT THE STEM, THE DATE OF THE REVISION IS NOT KNOWN. CURRENT HEALTH STATE OF THE PATIENT IS UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Bone Fracture(s); Failure of Implant; Pain
MAUDE report 16273473 ↗InjuryJun 3, 2020Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT CLAIMANT WAS INITIALLY IMPLANTED WITH A RECALLED STRYKER TMZF DEVICE ON (B)(6) 2008. HE WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2015 IN (B)(6), WHEN THE ECHELON REVISION STEM WAS IMPLANTED. THE ECHELON STEM FRACTURE WAS SHOWN ON X-RAY ON (B)(6) 2017 BUT IT STEM WASN'T REVISED UNTIL 6 WEEKS LATER, ON (B)(6) 2017.
Patient problems: Injury
MAUDE report 10114110 ↗InjuryNov 23, 2018Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED DUE TO UNSPECIFIED REASONS.
Patient problems: Injury
MAUDE report 8099908 ↗InjuryNov 19, 2018Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED DUE TO BROKEN PROTHESIS. THE PLACEMENT OF THIS PROSTHESIS WAS A 3RD REVISION FOR A (B)(6) PATIENT.
Patient problems: Injury
MAUDE report 8083827 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K211176, K983834. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-0326-2025 · Oct 15, 2024 · Open, ClassifiedTandem Intl Bipolar Cocr Shell/UHMWPE Liner, TI-6AL-4V Retaining Ring, 28MM I.D. 46 MM O.D., REF 71324046, sterile, femoral head bipolar component of the Tandem Bipolar Hip System.
Other Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented devices
- NA 1365-51-000Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented753 reports
- NA 1365-50-000Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented412 reports
- ARTICUL/EZE 1365-21-000Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented1 recall280 reports
- ARTICUL/EZE 1365-11-000Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented1 death262 reports
- LFIT 6260-9-236Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented256 reports
- PINNACLE GRIPTION 1217-32-052Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented2 deaths239 reports
- ELEOS™ 25002111EOnkos Surgical, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented3 deaths230 reports
- Novation 130-36-52Exactech, Inc. · Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Cemented2 recalls124 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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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