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Morse Head 01-2205Recalls & reported problems

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Femoral Head · Class 2 · Implant

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 07613327016093), received between Feb 19, 2020 and Feb 19, 2020 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Difficult to Setup or Prepare” (1 report).

3 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K910988, K993601); 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 Difficult to Setup or Prepare1

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.

  • InjuryFeb 19, 2020Device Difficult to Setup or Prepare; Device Difficult to Setup or Prepare

    LINER REPLACEMENT SURGERY FOR A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT THA ON (B)(6) 1998. SINCE THE PRODUCTION OF A 22 MM DIAMETER LINER FOR REPLACEMENT WAS DISCONTINUED, 28 MM AND 32 MM LINERS WERE PREPARED. I TRIED TO REMOVE THE HEAD FROM THE STEM BUT COULD NOT. SINCE NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN THE IMPLANTED 22 MM DIAMETER LINER, IT WAS WASHED AND CLOSED AS IT WAS. AFTER ALL, NOTHING NEW IMPLANTED.

    Patient problems: Injury

    MAUDE report 9728431 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K910988, K993601. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-0391-2010 · Sep 4, 2009 · Terminated
    Stryker Howmedica Osteonics, Skirtless 5 40' LFIT V40 Femoral Head (32 mm +0 mm offset); hip prosthesis component.
  • Z-0390-2010 · Sep 4, 2009 · Terminated
    Stryker Howmedica Osteonics, Skirted 5 40' Taper V40 Femoral Head (26 mm +8mm offset), hip prosthesis component.
  • Z-1822-2009 · Jun 18, 2009 · Terminated
    V 40 Femoral Head, Sterile, 22 mm; Catalog number 6260-4-122, Catalog number 6260-5-226; Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Stryker Ireland, Carrigtwohill County Cork, Ireland; Intended f

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