NA 1363-56-000Recalls & reported problems
Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · MODULAR CATHCART FRACTURE HEAD HIP BALL 56mm OD +5mm · Class 2 · Implant
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 11
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 10
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 11 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295032878), received between Apr 27, 2018 and Nov 9, 2023 — classified as 10 injuries, 1 malfunction.
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 (K903084); 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
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem9
- Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available1
- Device Dislodged or Dislocated1
- Fracture1
Patient problems
- No Code Available4
- Pain4
- Unspecified Infection4
- Insufficient Information2
- Discomfort1
- Joint Dislocation1
- Not Applicable1
Recent adverse event reports
The 11 most recent of 11 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryNov 9, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT HAD AN INFECTION SO SURGEON SWAPPED THE UNIPOLAR AND SPACER AND WASHED THE PATIENT OUT. IT WAS UNKNOWN ABOUT SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: UNKNOWN; DOR: (B)(6) 2023; AFFECTED SIDE: UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 18101684 ↗InjuryApr 3, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT CAME IN FOR A WASHOUT AND PLACEMENT OF ANTIBIOTIC BEADS TO CURE AN INFECTION. THE SURGEON DECIDED IT BEST TO SWAP THE HEAD AND SPACER. UNKNOWN SURGICAL DELAY. NO FURTHER PATIENT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. DOI: (B)(6) 2023, DOR: (B)(6) 2023, AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 16662764 ↗InjuryFeb 15, 2023Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
PATIENT HIP WAS REVISED DUE TO DISLOCATION. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2023. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 16378849 ↗InjuryNov 4, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
REVISION COMPLETED DUE THE FRACTURE HEAD HIP BALL WAS TOO BIG AND NOT SITTING ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE ACETABULUM. THERE WAS NO REPORTED LOOSENING. THERE WAS NO REPORTED SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: (B)(6) 2022. DOR: (B)(6) 2022. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 15723748 ↗InjuryApr 7, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO PAIN. DOI: UNKNOWN, DOR: (B)(6) 2022, AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP AFFECTED.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 14041448 ↗MalfunctionMay 17, 2021Fracture; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available; Fracture; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED INDICATED THAT AT SURGERY FOR A HEMI ARTHROPLASTY OF THE LEFT HIP IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT, THE TRIAL WAS PERFORMED WITH A GOOD REDUCTION AND GOOD LIMB LENGTH ALIGNMENT USING A 56 HEAD TRIAL. THE STEM WAS CEMENTED AND A FURTHER TRIAL PERFORMED WITH A 56 HEAD TRAIL- STANDARD NECK. THIS FITTED WELL WITH A GOOD REDUCTION AND GOOD LIMB LENGTH ALIGNMENT USING A 56 HEAD TRIAL. THE REAL METAL 56 HEAD WAS THEN PLACED ON THE NECK BUT WOULD NOT PROGRESS TO BE FULLY SEATED. EXAMINATION THEN REVEALED THAT THE HEAD WAS ABUTTING ON SOME PROMINENT BONY PROCESS OF THE GREATER TROCHANTER. THE METAL HEAD WAS REMOVED AND THE TRIAL TRIED AGAIN, AND AS IT WAS OF A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION (HALF A HEMISPHERE) TO THE REAL HEAD 3/4HEMISOHERE) THE TRIAL FITTED WELL WITH NO ABUTMENT. AT THIS POINT, A PLUS FIVE TRUNNION WAS USED AND THE TRIAL PLACED AND THE HIP REDUCED, WITH MILD LENGTHENING, BUT STABLE AND WITH A GOOD RANGE OF MOVEMENTS. THE REAL 56 METAL HEAD WAS THE PLACED ON THE PLUS 5 TRUNNION AND THIS SEATED WELL WITH NO ABUTMENT. THE HIP WAS THEN REDUCED AND CLOSED. THE PATIENT HAS MADE A GOOD POST-OP RECOVERY. IT WAS THEN APPARENT THAT THE TRIAL AND THE REAL HEAD DID NOT C
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 11837718 ↗InjuryNov 6, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO INFECTION AND LOOSENING OF THE FEMORAL STEM AT THE CEMENT TO IMPLANT INTERFACE. COMPETITOR BONE CEMENT WAS USED. IT WAS CONVERTED FROM A HEMI TO A TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT. NO SURGICAL DELAY NOTED. DOI: (B)(6) 2020, DOR: (B)(6) 2020, LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: No Code Available; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 10803656 ↗InjuryMay 28, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO PAIN AND DISCOMFORT. DOI: (B)(6) 2012. DOR: (B)(6) 2020. RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Discomfort; No Code Available; Pain
MAUDE report 10097035 ↗InjuryJan 22, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT HEAD EXCHANGE AND I&D DUE TO INFECTION. DOI: (B)(6) 2019; DOR: (B)(6) 2020; LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: No Code Available; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 9616202 ↗InjuryJan 24, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO CONVERT A HEMI-HIP TO A TOTAL HIP DUE TO PAIN.
Patient problems: No Code Available; Pain
MAUDE report 8274069 ↗InjuryApr 27, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS RIGHT HIP PAIN. DOI: UNKNOWN; DOR: (B)(6) 2018; RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Not Applicable; Pain
MAUDE report 7467793 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K903084. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1375-2022 · May 18, 2022 · Open, ClassifiedMODULAR CATHCART FRACTURE HEAD HIP BALL, sizes 41mm to 60mm inclusive; metallic femoral head prosthesis, Product No. 136341000, 136342000, 136343000, 136344000, 136345000, 13634600
Other Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal ball devices
- NA 1363-10-000Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal ball117 reports
- NA 1363-08-000Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal ball66 reports
- NA 1363-12-000Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal ball44 reports
- NA 1363-46-000Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal ball39 reports
- NA 1363-47-000Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal ball34 reports
- NA 1363-45-000Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal ball31 reports
- NA 1363-44-000Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal ball25 reports
- NA 1363-49-000Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral, metal ball23 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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