NA 1365-52-000Recalls & reported problems
Depuy (Ireland) · M-SPEC METAL FEMORAL HEAD 12/14 TAPER Diameter 36mm +5 · Class 2 · Implant
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
Quick summary
This DePuy M-Spec metal femoral head, part of a hip replacement, has 680 adverse event reports, with no deaths and 664 injuries. Many describe hip dislocation and pain, with patients needing revision surgery; some reports mention metal wear, debris and infection. No recalls name this device.
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- Adverse event reports
- 683
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 667
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 683 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295033936), received between Jan 7, 2013 and Sep 18, 2026 — classified as 667 injuries, 16 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (163 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 Problem303
- Device Dislodged or Dislocated163
- Naturally Worn105
- Insufficient Device Problem Information87
- Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available39
- Biocompatibility24
- Noise, Audible19
- Corroded18
Patient problems
- No Code Available284
- Pain275
- Joint Dislocation166
- Test Result127
- Foreign Body Reaction111
- Tissue Damage91
- Unspecified Infection80
- Discomfort66
Recent adverse event reports
The 25 most recent of 683 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjurySep 18, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated
It was reported that patient was revised due to femoral stem was loose and the corail stem was loose and at the bone to implant interface.DOI (B)(6) 2023.DOR (B)(6) 2026.Affected side-Right.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 50823299 ↗InjurySep 10, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
It was reported that metal liner and metal head were replaced due to the patient having high levels of metal ions in blood. They were replaced with a poly liner and TS ceramic head. No delay in case.DOI: (b)(6), 2007DOR: (b)(6), 2026Affected side: Left Hip
Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology
MAUDE report 50714221 ↗InjuryJul 27, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated
It was reported that a revision THA was performed due to dislocation.DOI-(b)(6) 2026.DOR-(b)(6) 2026.Affected side-Left hip.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 50022290 ↗InjuryJun 24, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT WAS REVISED AS PATIENT DISLOCATED. 36+5 METAL HEAD AND 36 X 54 +4 10 LINER WERE REVISED. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: UNKNOWN. AFFECTED SIDE: UNKNOWN HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 25613402 ↗InjuryJun 16, 2026Naturally Worn
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A METAL-ON-METAL PINNACLE CUP WITH NOTICEABLE METAL DEBRIS PRESENT WITHIN THE HIP JOINT. THE TRUNNION WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OR CORROSION. THE DOCTOR ELECTED TO RETAIN THE EXISTING CUP AND REVISE THE CONSTRUCT BY IMPLANTING A POLYETHYLENE LINER AND FEMORAL HEAD. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2026. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 25518979 ↗InjuryJun 9, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD CHRONIC DISLOCATION, CONVERTED TO ESC LINER. DOI: UNKNOWN, DOR: (B)(6) 2026, AFFECTED SIDE: UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 25448311 ↗InjuryMay 12, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO JOINT INFECTION AND DISLOCATION, SCREW WAS REMOVED AND HEAD AND POLY WERE CHANGED FOR DUAL MOBILITY CONSTRUCT. ALL PARTS WERE INTACT. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 25149505 ↗InjuryMay 6, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD HIP REVISED BECAUSE OF DISLOCATION. HEAD WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH LONGER OPTION. ORIGINAL DATE OF SURGERY WAS UNKNOWN. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 25094646 ↗InjuryApr 16, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE FEMORAL HEAD AND LINER WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A CERAMIC HEAD AND POLY LINER BECAUSE OF ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS AND A GREATER TROCH FRACTURE. ORIGINAL DATE OF SURGERY IS UNKNOWN. AFFECTED SIDE-UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology
MAUDE report 24897227 ↗InjuryApr 16, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED A RIGHT CORAIL PINNACLE SECTOR ULTAMET RIGHT WAS IMPLANTED IN 2010. IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT HAD METALOSIS. PATIENT WAS REVISED. ONLY THE ULTAMET INSERT AND HEAD WERE REMOVED.
Patient problems: Foreign Body Reaction
MAUDE report 24895417 ↗InjuryApr 8, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO SIGNS OF INFECTION. THE HEAD WAS REMOVED, PATIENT HAD I&D, AND NEW HEAD WAS IMPLANTED. DOI: ON (B)(6) 2026, DOR: ON (B)(6) 2026, AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 24819456 ↗InjuryMar 12, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ARTICULEZE M HEAD 36MM +5, PINNACLE MTL INS NEUT36IDX50OD, AND UNKNOWN HIP FEMORAL STEM WERE INVOLVED IN AN EVENT. THE DEPUY METAL HEAD AND METAL LINER WERE REVISED AND REPLACED WITH A POLYETHYLENE LINER AND CERAMIC HEAD. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED HIGH LEVELS OF METAL IONS AND TRUNIONOSIS, WHICH LED TO THE REVISION PROCEDURE. THERE WAS NO DELAY IN THE CASE. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT.
Patient problems: Foreign Body Reaction; Metal Related Pathology
MAUDE report 24578286 ↗InjuryMar 4, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT POLY SWAP DUE TO AN INFECTION. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2026. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 24507988 ↗InjuryMar 2, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ALTRX NEUT 36IDX52OD, PINN SECTOR W/GRIPTION 52MM, AND ARTICULEZE M HEAD 36MM +5 WERE INVOLVED IN A REPORTED EVENT. THE EVENT INVOLVED LINER DISASSOCIATION, RESULTING IN REVISION SURGERY. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED JOINT INSTABILITY AND REQUIRED A CORRECTIVE INVASIVE PROCEDURE, INCLUDING PRE-OPERATIVE X-RAY AND REPLACEMENT OF THE LINER AND HEAD. THE CUP REMAINED IN SITU WHILE THE LINER AND HEAD WERE EXPLANTED AND RETURNED FOR INVESTIGATION.
Patient problems: Joint Laxity
MAUDE report 24481972 ↗InjuryJan 27, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE HIP DISLOCATIONS. HEAD AND LINER WERE REVISED TO A CONSTRAINED LINER. DOI: (B)(6) 2006. DOR: (B)(6) 2026. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 24189154 ↗InjuryDec 26, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT PRESENTED WITH ELEVATED, AND INCREASING LEVELS OF METALLOSIS. SURGEON CHOSE TO REMOVE MOM COMPONENTS AND REPLACE WITH POLY AND CERAMIC CONSTRUCT. DOI: UNKNOWN, DOR: (B)(6) 2025, AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Foreign Body Reaction
MAUDE report 23896428 ↗InjuryDec 26, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD PREVIOUS HIP REVISION DUE TO METALLOSIS. METAL LINER AND HEAD WERE REMOVED AND THOROUGH WASHOUT IN PREVIOUS SURGERY. OVER THE LAST FIVE TO SIX MONTHS PATIENT HAS HAD CHRONIC ISSUES WITH DISLOCATIONS. NEW REVISION CONVERTING HIP TO DUAL MOBILITY WAS DETERMINED TO BE NEEDED TO SOLVE PATIENT DISLOCATIONS. DOI: (B)(6) 2009. DOR: (B)(6) 2025. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP. THIS REPORT CAPTURES THE SURGERY NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE METALLOSIS. THE ADDITIONAL REVISION NEEDED DUE TO DISLOCATIONS IS CAPTURED ON RELATED COMPLAINT (B)(4).
Patient problems: Foreign Body Reaction
MAUDE report 23895834 ↗InjuryDec 1, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO PAIN. DOI: (B)(6) 2024, DOR: (B)(6) 2025, AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 23679618 ↗InjuryNov 18, 2025Naturally Worn; Naturally Worn
PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY FOR METAL ON METAL PINNACLE / TRILOCK FRETTING CAUSING PSEUDO TUMOR. REMOVAL OF METAL LINER AND METAL HEAD WAS DONE WITH REPLACEMENT TO POLY LINER AND TS CERAMIC HEAD. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction
MAUDE report 23586739 ↗InjuryOct 15, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT WAS REVISED FOR PAINFUL HIP. DOI: (B)(6) 2009, DOR: (B)(6) 2025, AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 23286139 ↗InjurySep 12, 2025Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAS A HISTORY OF FALL WITH REPEATED DISLOCATIONS. HEAD AND LINER EXCHANGE WAS PERFORMED. CUP & LINER ARE NON-DEPUY PRODUCTS. PREVIOUS REVISIONS WERE TREATED NON-SURGICALLY. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Fall; Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 23039391 ↗InjuryAug 14, 2025Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT HEAD AND LINER EXCHANGE DUE TO DISLOCATED HIP. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 22804010 ↗InjuryAug 13, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD INFECTION AND ELEVATED CHROMIUM COBALT LEVELS WITHIN BLOOD. REMOVED METAL LINER AND HEAD WITH COMPLETE WASHOUT AND DEBRIDEMENT OF HIP. DOI: (B)(6) 2009, DOR: (B)(6) 2025 , AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 22798038 ↗InjuryAug 13, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO INSTABILITY. DOI: (B)(6) 2025. DOR: (B)(6) 2025. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Joint Laxity
MAUDE report 22797666 ↗InjuryAug 8, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT SOMETIME IN 2006 PATIENT RECEIVED A METAL-ON-METAL HIP REPLACEMENT. CUP BECAME LOOSE AND WAS REVISED WITH NON- DEPUY IMPLANTS. SOFT TISSUE WAS BLACK IN SOME AREAS. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT SIDE.
Patient problems: Foreign Body Reaction
MAUDE report 22752339 ↗
Other PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED devices
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- PINNACLE 1217-20-500Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED2 deaths590 reports
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- PINNACLE ALTRX 1221-32-050Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED386 reports
- PINNACLE ALTRX 1221-36-152Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED1 death316 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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