SYNERGY 71316014Recalls & reported problems
Smith & Nephew, Inc. · SYNERGY CEMENTED FEMORAL COMPONENT SZ 14 · Class 2 · Implant
All models of SYNERGY (52)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 03596010410535), received between May 30, 2022 and May 30, 2022 — classified as 1 injury.
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K211176, K990369); 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
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
Patient problems
- Joint Laxity1
- Unspecified Infection1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryMay 30, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER A HEMI-ARTHROPLASTY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2022, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED HIP INSTABILITY. A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2022 TO REVISE TO TOTAL; HOWEVER, DURING THE SURGERY IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SYN CEM FEM COMP SZ 14 WAS LOOSE AND PULLED OUT WITH EASE. ALSO, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE PATIENT INFECTION, AND THAT NO BONE CEMENT WAS BONDED TO STEM. THE PATIENT IS CURRENTLY ON THE FIRST STAGE OF A TWO-STAGES REVISION SURGERY, FOR WHICH A CEMENT SPACER IS BEING USED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Joint Laxity; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 14539254 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K211176, K990369. 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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