C-Taper Head 06-2200Recalls & reported problems
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Low Friction Ion Treatment · Class 2 · Implant
All models of C-Taper Head (18)
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 07613327016208), received between Sep 11, 2024 and Sep 11, 2024 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Difficult to Remove” (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.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Difficult to Remove1
Patient problems
- Unspecified Infection1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjurySep 11, 2024Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove
THE DISTRIBUTOR REPORTED THAT "WHEN THE HEAD WAS REMOVED, THE STEM CAME WITH IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE HEAD FROM THE STEM" UPDATE AS PER 8/21/2024: IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS UNDERGOING A REVISION DUE TO INFECTION. DURING THE REVISION, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE HEAD WOULD NOT DISASSEMBLE FROM THE STEM.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 20189637 ↗
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 · TerminatedStryker Howmedica Osteonics, Skirtless 5 40' LFIT V40 Femoral Head (32 mm +0 mm offset); hip prosthesis component.
- Z-0390-2010 · Sep 4, 2009 · TerminatedStryker Howmedica Osteonics, Skirted 5 40' Taper V40 Femoral Head (26 mm +8mm offset), hip prosthesis component.
- Z-1822-2009 · Jun 18, 2009 · TerminatedV 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
Other Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented devices
- NA 1365-51-000Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented753 reports
- NA 1365-50-000Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented412 reports
- ARTICUL/EZE 1365-21-000Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented1 recall280 reports
- ARTICUL/EZE 1365-11-000Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented1 death262 reports
- LFIT 6260-9-236Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented256 reports
- PINNACLE GRIPTION 1217-32-052Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented2 deaths239 reports
- ELEOS™ 25002111EOnkos Surgical, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, cemented3 deaths230 reports
- Novation 130-36-52Exactech, Inc. · Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Cemented2 recalls124 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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