LINK Embrace Shoulder System 643-042/16Recalls & reported problems
WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG · Reverse Inserts, inclined 10°, cPE · Class 2 · Implant
Data updated Oct 18, 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 04026575238545), received between Oct 28, 2025 and Oct 28, 2025 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Detachment of Device or Device Component” (1 report).
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 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Detachment of Device or Device Component1
Patient problems
- Joint Dislocation1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryOct 28, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component
THE EMBRACE SHOULDER SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2024 IN A REVISION SITUATION. THE PRIOR DEVICE WAS ANOTHER MANUFACTURER'S. THE SURGEON REPORTS THAT THIS MULTIPLE REVISED PATIENT HAS EXPERIENCED DISASSOCIATION OF THE POLY/DISLOCATION, AND HAS EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE WITH THE PRIOR (NON-LINK) DEVICE ALSO. THE SURGEON IS UNSURE WHY THIS PATIENT IS DISLOCATING, BUT SUSPECTS THE PATIENT IS HAVING SOME IMPINGEMENT THAT LEVERS OUT THE POLY. REVISION SURGERY IS PLANNED, WITH A CUSTOM DEVICE.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 23405212 ↗
Other PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED devices
- DJO SURGICAL 509-02-032Encore Medical, L.P. · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED364 reports
- DELTA XTEND 130790036Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED171 reports
- DELTA XTEND 130770018Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED159 reports
- TRIGEN 71118200Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED123 reports
- DJO SURGICAL 509-02-432Encore Medical, L.P. · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED119 reports
- DELTA XTEND 130738206Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED116 reports
- COMPREHENSIVE SHOULDER SYSTEM 113633Biomet Orthopedics, LLC · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED2 recalls4 reports
- DELTA XTEND 130742206Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED99 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 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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