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CERAMAX 1218-89-660Recalls & reported problems

Depuy (Ireland) · CERAMAX Ceramic Insert NEUTRAL 60mm OD 28mm ID · Class 3 · Implant

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Data updated Oct 18, 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 10603295012719), received between Nov 17, 2018 and Nov 17, 2018 — classified as 1 injury.

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

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

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.

  • InjuryNov 17, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    REVISION OPERATIVE NOTES ((B)(6)/2015) STATED THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF INFECTION; SURGEON ELECTED TO DO INCISION AND DRAINAGE, WITH CERAMIC FEMORAL HEAD EXCHANGE, BUT NOT EXCHANGE OF THE CERAMIC ACETABULAR LINER. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF LOOSE COMPONENTS. ONLY THE FEMORAL HEAD WAS REVISED.

    Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 8082589 ↗

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