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POLARCUP 75018960Recalls & reported problems

Smith & Nephew, Inc. · POLARCUP XLPE INSERT 57/28 NON-CEMENTED · Class 2 · Implant

All models of POLARCUP (61)

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 07611996111507), received between Sep 3, 2020 and Sep 3, 2020 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (1 report).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K110135, K211176); 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

  • Device Dislodged or Dislocated1

Patient problems

  • Injury1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjurySep 3, 2020Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER A THA SURGERY HAD BEEN PERFORMED, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A MECHANICAL DISLOCATION OF THE CERAMIC BALL HEAD DELTA 28 L AND POLARCUP XLPE INSERT 57/28 NON-CEM. A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED TO REPLACE SUCH DEVICES. THE PATIENT OUTCOME IS UNKNOWN.

    Patient problems: Injury

    MAUDE report 10491258 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K110135, K211176. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-0326-2025 · Oct 15, 2024 · Open, Classified
    Tandem 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.

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