Trident 540-01-54FRecalls & reported problems
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Acetabular Shell · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Trident (160)
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 04546540080806), received between Aug 13, 2021 and Aug 13, 2021 — classified as 1 injury.
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K983502); 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
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
- Metal Related Pathology1
- Osteolysis1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 13, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
A COMPLETE EXCHANGE OF THE LEFT HIP ENDOPROSTHESIS DUE TO PRONOUNCED METALLOSIS AND DISCOMFORT, WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED. SUBSEQUENTLY IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAS THE SAME ISSUE IN THEIR RIGHT HIP AND REVISION SURGERY WAS PLANNED FOR (B)(6) 2021. DUE TO WEAR, THE FEMORAL HEAD DISLOCATED FROM THE TAPER ON (B)(6) 2021 AND LED TO THE IMMOBILITY OF THE PATIENT. FOR THIS REASON, A TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY HAD TO BE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2021. REPLACEMENT OF THE HIP ENDOPROSTHESIS DUE TO A PRONOUNCED METALLOSIS. UPDATE 20-JUL-2021: PER SURGERY REPORT (B)(6) 2021 IMPLANT REVISION: USING THE SOCKET CHISEL, CAREFUL CHISELING IS PERFORMED AROUND THE CUP WHICH IS REMOVED WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT BONE LOSS. OSTEOLYSES ARE NOTED IN THE ACETABULAR BED AND AROUND THE PUBIC BONE AS IS OSTEOLYSIS TO THE DORSOCRANIAL AND DORSA. PER EVALUATION OF THE RETURNED DEVICES, LINER DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED WITH SUSPECTED IMPINGEMENT WITH THE FEMORAL STEM. THIS IS FOR THE TRIDENT SHELL (CUP).
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Metal Related Pathology; Osteolysis
MAUDE report 12319293 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K983502. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-3204-2026 · Jul 30, 2026 · Open, ClassifiedTRIDENT 0 POLY INSERT 28mm ID 620-00-28D Orthopaedic implant components manufactured from UHMWPE (polyethylene)
Other PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED devices
- PINNACLE 1217-25-500Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED735 reports
- NA 1365-52-000Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED683 reports
- APEX 1246-03-000Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED3 deaths613 reports
- PINNACLE 1217-20-500Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED2 deaths590 reports
- PINNACLE 1217-30-500Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED1 death484 reports
- NA 1365-53-000Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED404 reports
- PINNACLE ALTRX 1221-36-054Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED388 reports
- PINNACLE ALTRX 1221-32-050Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED386 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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