BIOLOX DELTA 1365-36-210Recalls & reported problems
Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · BIOLOX DELTA CERAMIC FEMORAL HEAD +0 36mm DIA 11/13 TAPER · Class 3 · Implant
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Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
Quick summary
This DePuy BIOLOX DELTA ceramic hip implant is used in total hip replacement. The 62 reports mostly describe the artificial hip coming out of place (dislocation), along with pain, suspected infection, and a small number of ceramic or component fractures; no deaths and 62 injuries are reported. No recalls name this device.
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- Adverse event reports
- 62
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 62
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 62 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295033561), received between Oct 6, 2017 and Jun 10, 2026 — classified as 62 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (23 reports).
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 Problem33
- Device Dislodged or Dislocated23
- Insufficient Device Problem Information3
- Fracture2
- Naturally Worn1
- Noise, Audible1
Patient problems
- Joint Dislocation25
- No Code Available19
- Pain14
- Unspecified Infection11
- Not Applicable4
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available3
- Joint Laxity3
- Physical Asymmetry3
Recent adverse event reports
The 25 most recent of 62 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJun 10, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ITEMS WERE EXPLANTED DUE TO INFECTION. AFFECTED SIDE: UNKNOWN HIP.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 25457591 ↗InjuryMay 6, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD SUSPECTED INFECTION. JOINT WAS WASHED OUT. HEAD AND POLY WERE SWAPPED. APEX HOLE ELIM POSITIVE STOP WAS REMOVED AND NO REPLACEMENT WAS IMPLANTED. DOI: (B)(6) 2019, DOR: (B)(6) 2026, AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 25106387 ↗InjuryApr 24, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A HIP DISLOCATION. THE IMPLANTS WERE IDENTIFIED VIA X-RAYS, AND A HEAD AND LINER EXCHANGE WAS PERFORMED USING A CONSTRAINED LINER. A 36+0 HEAD AND A 54 +4 NEUTRAL LINER WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED AFTER CONFIRMING HIP STABILITY. DOI: UNKNOWN, DOR: (B)(6) 2026, AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 24988440 ↗InjuryMay 1, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE METAL LINER AND HEAD SWAPPED OUT FOR POLY LINER FOR INCREASED METAL ION LEVELS. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS A SURGICAL DELAY. PROCEDURE AND PATIENT OUTCOME WERE UNKNOWN. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2025. AFFECTED AREA: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology
MAUDE report 21942473 ↗InjuryMar 4, 2025Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS DISLOCATING AND THE TRUNION OF THE SROM NECK WAS IMPINGING ON THE CUP. THE STEM AND HEAD WERE EXTRACTED. SURGICAL DELAY WAS UNKNOWN. AFFECTED SIDE: UNKNOWN HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation; Joint Laxity
MAUDE report 21513550 ↗InjuryJan 31, 2025Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
PATIENT REVISED FOR DISLOCATION. SURGEON REVISED IMPLANTS TO DM. SURGICAL DELAY WAS UNKNOWN. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2025. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 21284238 ↗InjuryJan 15, 2025Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY DUE TO CUP POSITION/CHRONIC DISLOCATION. THE SURGEON REVISED THE CUP. THE REMOVED CUP AND LINER REMOVED WERE COMPETITOR PRODUCTS. THE SROM HEAD WAS EXCHANGED FOR A DIFFERENT SIZE. THE ORIGINAL IMPLANT DATE IS UNKNOWN. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE AND NO SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2025. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 21162267 ↗InjuryNov 21, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ITEMS EXPLANTED AND REVISED DUE TO DISLOCATION. THERE WAS POTENTIAL MALPOSITIONING AND POTENTIAL PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE. DOI: (B)(6) 2024. DOR: (B)(6) 2024. AFFECTED SIDE: UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 20750558 ↗InjuryOct 14, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
SUBJECT ID: (B)(6). STUDY NO: DOTS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE STUDY PATIENT UNDERWENT SURGERY FOR THE LEFT KNEE. CLINICAL ADVERSE EVENT RECEIVED FOR VASCULAR - PE. DEVICE RELATED: DEFINITELY NOT. PROCEDURE RELATED: PROBABLY. DATE OF EVENT: AUGUST 20, 2024. DATE OF IMPLANT: NO INFORMATION PROVIDED. DATE OF REVISION: NO INFORMATION PROVIDED. TREATMENT/IMPACT: NO INFORMATION PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Pulmonary Embolism
MAUDE report 20438311 ↗InjuryOct 14, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
SUBJECT ID: (B)(6). STUDY NO: DOTS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE STUDY PATIENT UNDERWENT SURGERY FOR THE LEFT KNEE. CLINICAL ADVERSE EVENT RECEIVED FOR VASCULAR - PE. DEVICE RELATED: DEFINITELY NOT. PROCEDURE RELATED: PROBABLY. DATE OF EVENT: AUGUST 20, 2024.
Patient problems: Pulmonary Embolism
MAUDE report 20438308 ↗InjurySep 27, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
OPERATIVE NOTE AD (B)(6) 2024 WAS REVIEWED BY A CLINICIAN. ON (B)(6) 2024, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT THA DUE TO INCREASING PAIN AND DIFFICULTY WALKING. POST-OPERATIVELY THE PATIENT SUSTAINED AN ACUTE PE IN THE RIGHT LOWER LOBE. SHE WAS TREATED WITH A HEPARIN DRIP. SHE ALSO HAD A NON-OCCLUSIVE DVT IN THE LEFT LEG. THIS WAS LIKELY THE ORIGINAL CLOT FROM THE PE. SHE WENT INTO OBSTRUCTIVE SHOCK FROM THE PE REQUIRING NOREPINEPHRINE IN THE ICU. SHE WAS ALSO DIAGNOSED WITH ENCEPHALOPATHY, ACUTE HYPERCAPNIC AND HYPOXEMIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE, HYPONATREMIA, AND AN ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY. PMH INCLUDES CHF, HYPOTHYROIDISM, MORBID OBESITY, ADHD, AND OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA. PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED HOME ON (B)(6) 2024 WITH HOME HEALTH SERVICES.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Pain; Pulmonary Embolism; Renal Impairment; Respiratory Failure; Thrombosis/Thrombus
MAUDE report 20326826 ↗InjurySep 6, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF HIP PAIN, LEG LENGTH DISCREPANCY AND WANTED A REVISION. NO DELAY. DOI: (B)(6) 2023 DOR: (B)(6), 2024 AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Pain; Physical Asymmetry
MAUDE report 20156925 ↗InjuryMay 10, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED: A. WAS THERE ANY SURGICAL DELAY? NO, REVISION WENT AHEAD AS PLANNED. B. WHAT WAS THE ALLEGATION AGAINST THE CUP? NO.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation; Loss of Range of Motion
MAUDE report 19286409 ↗InjuryJan 10, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
SUBJECT ID: (B)(6). STUDY NO: (B)(4). CLINICAL NOTIFICATION RECEIVED FOR REVISION DUE TO INFECTION. DATE OF IMPLANT: (B)(6) 2010. DATE OF REVISION: (B)(6) 2011 (LEFT HIP). TREATMENT: STEM, HEAD, CUP AND LINER WERE REVISED.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 18486281 ↗InjuryJan 10, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD HER RIGHT HIP REPLACED BY THE PRIMARY SURGEON ON AUG 24, 2016, WHERE SHE HAD A SROM PINNACLE CONSTRUCT IMPLANTED. SHE WAS DOING WELL UNTIL RECENTLY. THE REVISING SURGEON CONTACTED AND SAID THAT HE HAD A PATIENT WITH A SROM AND NEEDED TO DO A I&D ON HER HIP. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE 36MM + 0 HIP BALL AND THE 52MM +4 10 DEGREE LINER WAS EXPLANTED. THE SROM FEMORAL SLEEVE, STEM, AND PINNACLE CUP WERE LEFT IN SITU. A THOROUGH I&D WAS DONE AND A NEW FEMORAL HIP BALL AND LINER WAS IMPLANTED. SURGICAL DELAY WAS UNKNOWN. DOI: (B)(6) 2016. DOR: (B)(6) 2024. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 18483148 ↗InjuryJan 3, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HIP BECAME DISLOCATED. SURGEON FELT THE PATIENT'S HIP NEEDED TO BE CONSTRAINED. THE LINER AND FEMORAL HEAD WERE REMOVED AND SURGEON REPLACED THEM WITH A CONSTRAINED LINER AND A LONGER LENGTH FEMORAL HEAD. THE HIP WAS REDUCED AND FOUND TO BE STABLE. THERE WAS NO ADVERSE EVENTS OR DELAYS TOOK PLACE. DOI: (B)(3) 2017. DOR: (B)(3) 2023. AFFECTED SIDE: UNKNOWN HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation; Physical Asymmetry
MAUDE report 18435349 ↗InjuryDec 13, 2023Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO A DISLOCATED HIP. SURGICAL DELAY WAS UNKNOWN. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2023. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 18317511 ↗InjuryAug 29, 2023Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO DISLOCATION. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6), 2023. AFFECTED SIDE: UNKNOWN HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 17642308 ↗InjuryMay 9, 2023Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO DISLOCATION, HEAD & LINER EXCHANGE. DOI: UNK. DOR: (B)(6) 2023. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 16897040 ↗InjuryApr 12, 2023Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
CLINICAL ADVERSE EVENT RECEIVED FOR POSTERIOR DISLOCATION. EVENT IS SERIOUS AND IS CONSIDERED SEVERE. EVENT IS POSSIBLY RELATED TO BOTH DEVICE AND PROCEDURE. DATE OF IMPLANT: (B)(6) 2018. DATE OF EVENT: (B)(6) 2023. (LEFT HIP). TREATMENT: CLOSED REDUCTION/MANIPULATION.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 16723244 ↗InjuryApr 3, 2023Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
CLINICAL ADVERSE EVENT RECEIVED FOR DISLOCATION REOCCURRENCE. EVENT IS SERIOUS AND IS CONSIDERED MODERATE. EVENT IS POSSIBLY RELATED TO DEVICE. EVENT IS NOT RELATED TO PROCEDURE. DATE OF IMPLANT: (B)(6) 2013, DATE OF EVENT: (B)(6) 2023, (LEFT HIP). TREATMENT: CLOSED REDUCTION/MANIPULATION.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 16662805 ↗InjuryNov 15, 2022Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO DISLOCATION. THERE WAS NO DELAY IN SURGERY. DOI: (B)(6) 2012. DOR: (B)(6) 2022. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 15796939 ↗InjuryOct 14, 2022Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO DISLOCATION. DOI: (B)(6) 2022. DOR: (B)(6) 2022. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 15606443 ↗InjurySep 23, 2022Noise, Audible; Noise, Audible
UNF AND PINNACLE NON MOM MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED. INITIAL REPORTED REASON FOR REVISION ARE THE FOLLOWING FRACTURED PROSTHETIC FEMORAL STEM, PAIN, DISCOMFORT, CLICKING SENSATION, HETEROTOPIC BONE OSSIFICATION, IMPINGEMENT, METALLOSIS, AWAITING FOR MEDICAL RECORDS REVIEW TASK FINDINGS. ONCE AVAILABLE THIS COMPLAINT WILL BE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY. DOI: (B)(6) 2010; DOR: (B)(6) 2014 ; LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Discomfort; Extraskeletal ossification; Foreign Body Reaction; Joint Laxity; Pain
MAUDE report 15474045 ↗InjurySep 16, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO INFECTION. NO ADDITIONAL DETAILS. NO SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: (B)(6) 2017; DOR: (B)(6) 2022; AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 15439741 ↗
Other Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/ceramic/metal, cemented or uncemented devices
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- PINNACLE POROCOAT 1217-22-052Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/ceramic/metal, cemented or uncemented335 reports
- PINNACLE POROCOAT 1217-22-054Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/ceramic/metal, cemented or uncemented263 reports
- BIOLOX DELTA 1365-36-330Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/ceramic/metal, cemented or uncemented255 reports
- PINNACLE POROCOAT 1217-22-050Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/ceramic/metal, cemented or uncemented253 reports
- PINNACLE POROCOAT 1217-22-056Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/ceramic/metal, cemented or uncemented220 reports
- SUMMIT POROCOAT 1570-11-120Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/ceramic/metal, cemented or uncemented1 death204 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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