ECHELON 71341024Recalls & reported problems
Smith & Nephew, Inc. · ECHELON PRIMARY FEMORAL COMPONENT SIZE 14 HIGH OFFSET · Class 2 · Implant
All models of ECHELON (30)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 03596010440280), received between May 23, 2019 and Sep 26, 2022 — classified as 2 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Biocompatibility” (1 report).
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
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
- Biocompatibility1
- Insufficient Device Problem Information1
- Migration1
Patient problems
- Bone Fracture(s)1
- Metal Related Pathology1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjurySep 26, 2022Biocompatibility; Migration; Biocompatibility; Migration
IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER A RIGHT MOM-THR HAD BEEN PERFORMED, PATIENT EXPERIENCED COBALT LEVELS AT 270 (H) AND CHROMIUM LEVELS AT 31.0 (H). THERE WAS AN INCREASED SUBSIDENCE OF THE FEMORAL STEM WHEN COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS, WHICH RAISED SUSPICION FOR COMPONENT LOOSENING. THERE WERE DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN LOWER LUMBER SPINE AND AT THE SACROILIAC JOINTS. SCLEROSIS ABOUT SYMPHYSIS PUBIS LIKELY REFLECTING LONG-STANDING STRESS-RELATED CHANGES, AS WELL AS DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN THE LOWER LUMBER SPINE AND AT THE SACROILIAC JOINTS. SCLEROSIS ABOUT SYMPHYSIS PUBIS LIKELY REFLECTING LONG-STANDING STRESS-RELATED CHANGES. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS ADDRESSED BY REVISION SURGERY. PATIENT'S CURRENT HEALTH STATUS IS UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology
MAUDE report 15483676 ↗InjuryMay 23, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Insufficient Device Problem Information; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A MILDLY DISPLACED FRACTURE OCCURRED THROUGH THE OSTEOTOMY SITE OF THE LEFT GREATER TROCHANTER.
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)
MAUDE report 8638425 ↗
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
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- 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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