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NA 1365-55-000Recalls & reported problems

Depuy (Ireland) · M-SPEC METAL FEMORAL HEAD 12/14 TAPER Diameter 36mm +15.5 · Class 2 · Implant

Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Quick summary

This DePuy M-Spec metal femoral head is used in hip replacement surgery. The 55 reports mostly describe the hip joint coming apart or dislocating after surgery, along with pain and infection that led to revision operations; many describe the ball and liner being swapped out. There were 54 injuries and no deaths. No recalls name this device.

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Adverse event reports
55
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
54
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 55 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295033998), received between Jan 10, 2017 and Jul 25, 2025 — classified as 54 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (20 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

Nov 2023: 0 reportsDec 2023: 1 reportsJan 2024: 0 reportsFeb 2024: 0 reportsMar 2024: 0 reportsApr 2024: 1 reportsMay 2024: 0 reportsJun 2024: 0 reportsJul 2024: 1 reportsAug 2024: 0 reportsSep 2024: 2 reportsOct 2024: 1 reportsNov 2024: 1 reportsDec 2024: 0 reportsJan 2025: 1 reportsFeb 2025: 0 reportsMar 2025: 0 reportsApr 2025: 0 reportsMay 2025: 1 reportsJun 2025: 0 reportsJul 2025: 1 reportsAug 2025: 0 reportsSep 2025: 0 reportsOct 2025: 0 reportsNov 2025: 0 reportsDec 2025: 0 reportsJan 2026: 0 reportsFeb 2026: 0 reportsMar 2026: 0 reportsApr 2026: 0 reportsMay 2026: 0 reportsJun 2026: 0 reportsJul 2026: 0 reportsAug 2026: 0 reportsSep 2026: 0 reportsOct 2026: 0 reports2024202520262
Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem32
  • Device Dislodged or Dislocated20
  • Naturally Worn6
  • Corroded3
  • Biocompatibility2
  • Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available1
  • Insufficient Device Problem Information1

Patient problems

  • No Code Available23
  • Joint Dislocation19
  • Pain12
  • Unspecified Infection11
  • Test Result9
  • Foreign Body Reaction5
  • Joint Laxity5
  • Ambulation or Postural Difficulties3

Recent adverse event reports

The 25 most recent of 55 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryJul 25, 2025Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD MULTIPLE DISLOCATIONS SINCE PRIMARY SURGERY. REVISED WITH INCREASED HEAD LENGTH. DISLOCATED AGAIN AND DECISION WAS MADE TO USE A CONSTRAINED LINER. ALL COMPONENTS WERE WELL FIXED. EXCHANGED HEAD AND LINER. NON-COMPLIANT PATIENT. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.

    Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

    MAUDE report 22620820 ↗
  • InjuryMay 20, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO PAIN. DOI: UNKNOWN, DOR: (B)(6) 2025, AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 22054777 ↗
  • InjuryJan 22, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO INFECTION. WASHED OUT AND CHANGED THE LINER AND HEAD BALL. UNKNOWN SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: (B)(6) 2023. DOR: (B)(6) 2025. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.

    Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 21207888 ↗
  • InjuryNov 20, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO PAIN. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2024. AFFECTED SIDE: UNKNOWN HIP.

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 20736278 ↗
  • InjuryOct 24, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REVISED DUE TO CHRONIC DISLOCATION. THE PATIENT CUP WAS WELL FIXED AND IN GOOD POSITION. THE SURGEON REMOVED THE HEAD AND LINER AND REPLACED THEM WITH A CONSTRAINED LINER AND NEW HEAD. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2024. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.

    Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

    MAUDE report 20522842 ↗
  • InjurySep 4, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SURGEON REPLACED LINER AND HEAD DUE TO DISLOCATION. COMPONENTS APPEAR TO BE WELL POSITIONED BUT PATIENT HAS BACK ISSUES WHICH APPEARS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISLOCATIONS. ALL DEPUY IMPLANTS REMOVED APPEAR TO BE IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION. THE SURGEON TRIALED A DUAL MOBILITY CONSTRUCT AND CONSIDERED AN ESC LINER BUT THOUGHT THE BEST OPTION WAS TO USE A LINER WITH A 40MM HEAD. DOI: (B)(6) 2024. DOR: (B)(6) 2024. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.

    Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

    MAUDE report 20136900 ↗
  • InjurySep 4, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION AGAINST THE STEM AND THE CUP.

    Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

    MAUDE report 20136778 ↗
  • InjuryJul 9, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED STATING THAT THERE WAS NO DELAY.

    Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 19705650 ↗
  • InjuryApr 22, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD HIP REPLACEMENT FAILED AND PATIENT FELL AND THEN HAD EMERGENCY SURGERY FOR 6 HOURS. THEY HAD TO BREAK PATIENT'S FEMUR TO GET THE OLD ONE OUT. PATIENT'S FAMILY WERE NOT CALLING A LAWYER YET BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE REGARDING THIS. THIS HAPPENED ON (B)(6) 2024. HIP REPLACEMENT 2020 AND REVISION DUE TO LEG DISCREPANCY DUE WAS 2022. DOCTOR TOLD THAT IT WAS MADE BY DEPUY.

    Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Fall; Physical Asymmetry

    MAUDE report 19153761 ↗
  • InjuryDec 15, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    SURGEON STATED THAT PATIENT WAS INFECTED AND ELECTED TO CHANGE ALL COMPONENTS. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS A SURGICAL DELAY. (B)(6). AFFECTED SIDE- RIGHT HIP

    Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 18338884 ↗
  • InjurySep 15, 2023Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD A 36+15.5 METAL ON ALTRX CONSTRUCT. PATIENT CONTINUED TO DISLOCATE AND WAS REVISED TO A PINNACLE REVISION CUP AND PINNACLE DUAL MOBILITY. THERE WAS NO LOOSENING AND NO SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: (B)(6)2016, DOR: (B)(6)2023, AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.

    Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

    MAUDE report 17754505 ↗
  • InjuryMay 3, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD MULTIPLE SURGERIES. ON (B)(6) 2021 HEMI ARTHROPLASTY WAS DONE AND STEM REMAINS FROM THIS PROCEDURE. ON (B)(6) 2021 HIP DISLOCATED AND CONVERTED TO CONSTRAINED TOTAL HIP BY SURGEON. ON (B)(6) 2021 CUP WAS REVISED AND DUAL MOBILITY WAS PLACED BY SURGEON. DER WAS FILED, CUP AND SCREW THAT LISTED ON THE DER, PLACED AT THIS TIME. ON (B)(6) 2022 IT WAS CONVERTED TO DM TO CONSTRAINED DUE TO DISLOCATION. DER WAS SUBMITTED, HEAD AND LINER PLACED AT THIS TIME. PATIENT PRESENTS IN ER WITH A PERIPROSTHETIC FACTURE OF RIGHT HIP WITH APPEARANCE OF POSSIBLE INFECTION SUPERIOR TO ACETABULAR COMPONENT. ALL COMPONENTS REMOVED AND PROSTALAC PLACED UNEVENTFULLY. THERE WAS LOOSENING OF FEMORAL COMPONENT POST FACTURE AT BONE TO IMPLANT INTERFACE. DOI: (B)(6) 2021. DOR: (B)(6) 2023. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.

    Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 16859931 ↗
  • InjuryMar 2, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HEAD AND LINER EXCHANGE DUE TO HIP INFECTION. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DOI: (B)(6) 2023, DOR: (B)(6) 2023, AFFECTED SIDE: UNKNOWN HIP SIDE.

    Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 16466369 ↗
  • InjuryOct 3, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT UNSTABLE COMPETITOR CUP-HEAD EXCHANGE. DOI: (B)(6) 2022. DOR: (B)(6) 2022. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.

    Patient problems: Joint Laxity

    MAUDE report 15527428 ↗
  • InjuryNov 29, 2021Naturally Worn; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Naturally Worn; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION DUE TO METAL-ON-METAL WEAR, HIP FAILURE, PSEUDOTUMOR, AND SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED TOXIC BLOOD METAL IONS. THE OPERATIVE REPORT DOCUMENTS SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE TITANIUM TRUNION/STEM. A TITANIUM REVISION SLEEVE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS DAMAGE TO THE ORIGINAL TRUNION/STEM WAS NOT UTILIZED. AS A RESULT, THE NEWLY IMPLANTED COBALT/CHROMIUM ARTICUL/EZE HEAD (THIS WAS CAPTURED IN (B)(4)) WAS CONNECTED TO THE INDEX TITANIUM TRUNION/STEM AND CONTINUED TO GENERATE TOXIC METAL IONS FROM THE MIXED METAL MODULAR CONNECTION. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.

    Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Cellulitis; Depression; Discomfort; Embolism/Embolus; Fatigue; Foreign Body Reaction; Hematoma; Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction; Joint Laxity; Loss of Range of Motion; Metal Related Pathology; Nausea; Numbness; Pain; Physical Asymmetry; Swelling/ Edema; Unspecified Infection; Vomiting

    MAUDE report 12882515 ↗
  • InjuryOct 14, 2021Naturally Worn; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Naturally Worn; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    LITIGATION ALLEGES PAIN, LOSS OF BALANCE, DIZZINESS, DIFFICULTY WALKING, STOMACH UPSET, DETERIORATION AND FAILURE OF THE PRODUCT, ELEVATED METAL IONS, ABRASION OF THE METAL ON METAL COMPONENTS WITH THE BEARING CAUSING METAL DEBRIS IN THE BODY, TISSUE DEHISCENCE, NECROSIS, HYPERTROPHIC SCARRING, ANTALGIA, LUMBAR STRAIN, FATIGUE, LIMITED ADL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. DOI: (B)(6) 2011; DOR: (B)(6) 2020; UNKNOWN HIP.

    Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Distress; Dizziness; Fatigue; Foreign Body Reaction; Loss of Range of Motion; Necrosis; Pain; Scar Tissue; Wound Dehiscence

    MAUDE report 12631208 ↗
  • InjurySep 8, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    COMPASS CASE (B)(4) REPORT: THIS PC WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS CUP REVISION FOR INSTABILITY TO A CONSTRAINED LINER. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: (B)(6) 2021; DOR: (B)(6) 2021; LEFT SIDE.

    Patient problems: Joint Laxity

    MAUDE report 12438066 ↗
  • InjurySep 1, 2021Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED INDICATED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY REVISION SINCE THE PATIENT'S PRIMARY THA.

    Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

    MAUDE report 12406155 ↗
  • InjuryAug 31, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS STATED THAT PATIENT EXPERIENCED INSTABILITY. LIP TO THE LINER WAS BROKEN OFF. DOI: (B)(6) 2015, DOR: (B)(6) 2021, LEFT HIP.

    Patient problems: Joint Laxity

    MAUDE report 12391210 ↗
  • InjuryJul 15, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT FELL AND HIP BECAME UNSTABLE. IT WAS ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE WAS LOOSENING OF THE CUP AT THE BONE TO IMPLANT INTERFACE. DOI: (B)(6) 2020. DOI: (B)(6) 2021. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT HIP.

    Patient problems: Fall; Joint Laxity

    MAUDE report 12173436 ↗
  • InjuryApr 23, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD PAIN. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2021; LEFT HIP.

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 11713672 ↗
  • InjuryMar 9, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD AN INFECTION, IMPLANTS WERE EXPLANTED AND NEW IMPLANTS WERE PUT IN. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2021; UNKNOWN AFFECTED SIDE.

    Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available

    MAUDE report 11446249 ↗
  • InjuryDec 10, 2020Adverse 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) 2018. DOR: (B)(6) 2020. LEFT HIP.

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 10983640 ↗
  • InjuryNov 30, 2020Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CONSTRAINED LINER RING BROKEN. LINER AND HEAD REMOVED. NEW LINER/HEAD IMPLANTED. DOI: UNKNOWN, DOR: (B)(6) 2020, RIGHT HIP.

    Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

    MAUDE report 10923019 ↗
  • InjuryOct 28, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE HEAD AND LINER REVISION WAS DUE TO INSTABILITY. DOI: (B)(6) 2020 DOR: (B)(6) 2020 RIGHT HIP.

    Patient problems: No Code Available

    MAUDE report 10750212 ↗

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