GMRS 6495-6-050Recalls & reported problems
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Extension Piece · Class 2 · Implant
All models of GMRS (32)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 07613327049831), received between Feb 1, 2023 and Jul 23, 2024 — classified as 2 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Corroded” (1 report).
2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K023087, K222056, K233261, K241716); 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.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Corroded1
- Loss of Osseointegration1
Patient problems
- Inadequate Osseointegration1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJul 23, 2024Corroded; Corroded
IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT'S LEFT KNEE WAS REVISED DUE TO COMPLAINT OF PAIN. ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO RESURFACE THE PATIENT'S NATIVE PATELLA. THOUGH PATIENT WAS NEGATIVE FOR INFECTION, SURGEON DECIDED TO REVISE THE DISTAL FEMORAL COMPONENT, STEM AND EXTENDER OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. WHEN THE DEVICES WERE DISSOCIATED, CORROSION WAS NOTED AT THE JUNCTION OF THE DISTAL FEMUR AND EXTENSION AND THE JUNCTION OF THE EXTENSION AND STEM. REP CAN PROVIDE PICTURES AND CONFIRMED THAT NO FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED BY THE HOSPITAL OR SURGEON.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 19805871 ↗InjuryFeb 1, 2023Loss of Osseointegration; Loss of Osseointegration
A PATIENT SPECIFIC IMPLANT REQUEST WAS RECEIVED FOR THE PATIENT'S RIGHT DISTAL FEMUR. NOTED ON THE FORM: "...S/P RESECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION RIGHT DISTAL FEMUR WITH STRYKER GMRS AND NOW SECOND EPISODE OF ASEPTIC LOOSENING... RETAINING 8MM LARGE ALL0POLY TIBIA." PROPOSED DATE OF SURGERY IS (B)(6) 2023.
Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration
MAUDE report 16276121 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K023087, K222056, K233261, K241716. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2732-2024 · Aug 5, 2024 · Open, ClassifiedCustom Made Device - GMRS EXTENSION Piece 40MM LEFT, 35 Deg EXT Rotated Tabs (Patient Specific); Catalog Number: C-MM100434-00;
- Z-2624-2010 · May 5, 2005 · TerminatedGMRS Extension Piece, 60 mm; Sterile Stryker Howmedica Osteonics; Howmedica Internation S. de. R.L. Limerick, Ireland. The Global Modular Replacement System is intended to be used
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 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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