Adapter Sleeve 6519-T-100Recalls & reported problems
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Universal V40 Taper Adapter Sleeve · Class 2 · Implant
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 4
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 4
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 04546540608390), received between Jan 25, 2017 and Aug 22, 2022 — classified as 4 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Insufficient Device Problem Information” (2 reports).
2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K070885, K173499, K243784); 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 18, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Insufficient Device Problem Information2
- Device Appears to Trigger Rejection1
- Device Dislodged or Dislocated1
- Material Erosion1
- Material Separation1
Patient problems
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties2
- Pain2
- Foreign Body Reaction1
- Injury1
- Metal Related Pathology1
Recent adverse event reports
The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 22, 2022Material Erosion; Device Appears to Trigger Rejection; Material Erosion; Device Appears to Trigger Rejection
IT WAS REPORTED: "A CASE OF METALLOSIS ON A PATIENT WHOSE HIP PROSTHESIS WAS IMPLANTED. NICKEL ALLERGY."
Patient problems: Foreign Body Reaction; Metal Related Pathology
MAUDE report 15266959 ↗InjuryOct 28, 2019Material Separation; Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Material Separation; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
UNIVERSAL V40 TAPER ADAPTER SLEEVE WAS SHOWN OFF OF THE TRUNNION IN THE POST OP X-RAY FOR A TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT. UPDATE: THE HEAD DISENGAGED FROM THE SLEEVE. RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Injury
MAUDE report 9246546 ↗InjuryAug 8, 2018Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
UPDATED PER MEDICAL REVIEW: ¿AT HER OFFICE VISIT ON (B)(6) 2017 IT WAS NOTED SHE WAS "DOING WONDERFULLY ... STILL 12MM SHORT ON RIGHT ... BETTER THAN 25MM PRE-OP". ¿A (B)(6) 2018 MRI MARS OF THE HIP "WITHOUT CONTRAST FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF RIGHT HIP PAIN, COMPARISON: NONE AVAILABLE" DESCRIBES "TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY IS PRESENT WITH ASSOCIATED ... ARTIFACT ... NO LARGE PERIPROSTHETIC SOFT TISSUE FLUID ... NO SIGNIFICANT JOINT EFFUSION ... HAMSTRING ORIGINS ARE INTACT ... NO FLUID IN GREATER TROCHANTERIC BURSA ...ILIOPSOAS INSERTION INTACT ... NO ILIOPSOAS BURSITIS." THE IMPRESSION IS ''NONSPECIFIC INTERMEDIATE SIGNAL INTENSITY AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE NATIVE ACETABULUM AND ACETABULAR COMPONENT OF THE PROSTHESIS. ¿ON (B)(6) 2018 A PAIN EVALUATION SHEET FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF RIGHT HIP ILIOPSOAS BURSA INJECTION WITH A PAIN SCALE OF O TO 10 NOTES, "BEFORE INJECTION, 8; IMMEDIATELY AFTER, 3; ONE HOUR AFTER, 3; TWO HOURS AFTER, 4; FOUR HOURS AFTER, 5."
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Pain
MAUDE report 7763722 ↗InjuryJan 25, 2017Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
PATIENT HAD A TOTAL RIGHT HIP REPLACEMENT ON (B)(6) 2016. HE STATED THAT WHEN SITTING HE IS UNABLE TO LIFT HIS RIGHT LEG. HE CURRENTLY IS NOT EXPERIENCING ANY PAIN. HE IS CURRENTLY IN PHYSICAL THERAPY. UPDATE AS PER PATIENT ON (B)(6) 2016: PATIENT IS STILL EXPERIENCING PAIN, LIMPING AND CANNOT DRIVE, IS CURRENTLY IN PHYSICAL THERAPY.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Pain
MAUDE report 6277717 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K070885, K173499, K243784. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-0313-2022 · Oct 15, 2021 · Open, Classified28MM -4 LFIT V40 HEAD, Catalog Number 6260-9-028
- Z-0314-2022 · Oct 15, 2021 · Open, Classified28MM -4 LFIT V40 HEAD, Catalog Number 6260-9-122
Other Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented devices
- BIOLOX DELTA 1365-32-310Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented551 reports
- PINNACLE ALTRX 1221-36-052Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented481 reports
- BIOLOX DELTA 1365-32-320Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented1 death314 reports
- BIOLOX DELTA 1365-36-720Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented1 death189 reports
- DJO SURGICAL 400-03-362Encore Medical, L.P. · Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Ceramic/Polymer, Cemented Or Non-Porous, Uncemented187 reports
- Anthology 71365705Smith & Nephew, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented176 reports
- BIOLOX DELTA 1365-40-710Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented170 reports
- PINNACLE GRIPTION 1217-32-054Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented169 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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