AML 1554-01-106Recalls & reported problems
Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · AML HIP SYSTEM FEMORAL STEM 12/14 TAPER 10.5mm 6 Inches SMALL STATURE 155mm LENGTH 40mm OFFSET · Class 2 · Implant
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Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 11
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 11
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 11 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295058212), received between Jan 28, 2016 and Apr 9, 2020 — classified as 11 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Insufficient Device Problem Information” (2 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 16, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem7
- Insufficient Device Problem Information2
- Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available1
- Fracture1
- Migration or Expulsion of Device1
Patient problems
- No Code Available6
- Pain6
- Foreign Body Reaction4
- Test Result4
- Discomfort3
- Bone Fracture(s)2
- Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction2
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available1
Recent adverse event reports
The 11 most recent of 11 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryApr 9, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
AFTER REVIEW OF MEDICAL RECORD, PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS FAILED WORN METAL ON METAL ACETABULAR COMPONENT WITH METALLOSIS. REVISION NOTES STATED THAT BURSA AND METAL DEBRIS WERE REMOVED. PATIENT EXPERIENCED DISLOCATION, PAIN, AND HAVE ELEVATED METAL ION LEVEL. DOI: (B)(6) 2010; DOR: (B)(6) 2019 (RIGHT HIP).
Patient problems: Foreign Body Reaction; No Code Available; Pain
MAUDE report 9943502 ↗InjuryMar 6, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PINNACLE CLAIM SUBMISSION FORM AND MEDICAL RECORD RECEIVED. AFTER REVIEW OF MEDICAL RECORD, THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS MECHANICAL COMPLICATION OF INTERNAL RIGHT HIP. THE PATIENT BEGAN DEVELOPING PAIN, SENSATION OF CLUNKING IN THE HIP AND ELEVATED METAL ION. REVISION NOTE REPORTED SOME METALLOSIS DEBRIS AROUND THE CAPSULAR TISSUE OF THE HIP. DOI: (B)(6) 2010; DOR: (B)(6) 2017; (RIGHT HIP).
Patient problems: Foreign Body Reaction; No Code Available; Pain; Test Result
MAUDE report 9799547 ↗InjuryJan 13, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS PERIPROSTETIC FEMUR FRACTURE THAT REQUIRED INTERNAL FIXATION. DOI: (B)(6) 2018; DOR: (B)(6) 2019; UNKNOWN AFFECTED SIDE.
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); No Code Available
MAUDE report 9582113 ↗InjurySep 9, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
LITIGATION ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERS FROM PAIN, DISCOMFORT, INFLAMMATION, AND DIFFICULTY AMBULATING. UPDATE RECEIVED (B)(6) 2014: THE COMPLAINT HAS BEEN UPDATED BECAUSE IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT'S LEFT HIP WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2014 DUE TO SIGNIFICANT METALLOSIS, BLACKENING OF TISSUE, PAIN, AND LOOSENING OF THE CUP. UPDATE AD (B)(6) 2018: (B)(4) HAS BEEN RE-OPENED UNDER (B)(4) DUE TO THE RECEIPT OF PPF, STICKER SHEETS, AND IMPLANT RECORDS. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ALLEGED, PPF ALLEGES PSEUDOTUMOR, METAL WEAR, AND ELEVATED METAL IONS. ADDED STEM DUE TO ELEVATED METAL IONS. DOI: (B)(6) 2010, DOR: (B)(6) 2014 (LEFT HIP).
Patient problems: Discomfort; Foreign Body Reaction; Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction; Inflammation; No Code Available; Pain; Test Result
MAUDE report 8977267 ↗InjuryNov 9, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
LITIGATION ALLEGES METALLOSIS AND ELEVATED METAL IONS. DOI: (B)(6) 2007 - DOR: NONE REPORTED (RIGHT HIP).
Patient problems: Discomfort; Pain; Test Result
MAUDE report 8055161 ↗InjuryNov 9, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
LITIGATION ALLEGES METALLOSIS, AND ELEVATED METAL IONS. DOI: (B)(6) 2007 - DOR: NONE REPORTED (LEFT HIP).
Patient problems: Discomfort; Pain; Test Result
MAUDE report 8055067 ↗InjuryOct 30, 2018Fracture; Fracture
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE STEM APPEARED TO BE BROKEN ON X-RAY.
Patient problems: No Code Available
MAUDE report 8019944 ↗InjuryMay 24, 2018Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
PPF AND IMPLANT RECORDS RECEIVED. PINNACLE PLAINTIFF PROFILE FORM ALLEGES PULMONARY EMBOLISM AFTER FIRST REVISION. DOI CUP, SCREWS, AND STEM: (B)(6) 2009; DOI LINER AND HEAD: (B)(6) 2014; DOR ALL PRODUCTS: NONE; LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Pulmonary Embolism
MAUDE report 7540094 ↗InjuryOct 10, 2017Migration or Expulsion of Device; Migration or Expulsion of Device
DER STATES THAT THE FEMORAL STEM WAS PERFORATED THROUGH THE POSTERIOR FEMORAL CORTEX..
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)
MAUDE report 6938011 ↗InjurySep 11, 2017Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
DER STATES THAT PATIENT HAD SCIATIC PALSY AFTER ORIGINAL SURGERY, POSSIBLY DUE TO MANIPULATION DURING ORIGINAL SURGERY. THE SURGEON PLANS TO SHORTEN THE NECK LENGTH HOPING THAT SCIATIC NERVE WILL REGENERATE. UPDATE 8-25-2017: MEDICAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED. PROGRESS NOTES (B)(6) 2017 INDICATE THE PATIENT IS SUFFERING FROM OSTEOARTHRITIS FROM LEFT HIP DYSPLASIA, CONGENITAL DYSPLASIA. REPORTABILITY REMAINS THE SAME. UPDATED 9-11-2017.
Patient problems: Nerve Damage
MAUDE report 6855571 ↗InjuryJan 28, 2016Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available
LITIGATION PAPERS ALLEGE THE PATIENT SUSTAINED SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE HIP FAILING, BREAKING APART, CAUSING DANGEROUS METALS TO BE RELEASED INTO HER BODY AND BLOOD SYSTEM AND CAUSING SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURIES.
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Foreign Body Reaction; Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction; No Code Available; Pain; Scar Tissue
MAUDE report 5396373 ↗
Other PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED devices
- PINNACLE 1217-25-500Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED735 reports
- NA 1365-52-000Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED683 reports
- APEX 1246-03-000Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED3 deaths613 reports
- PINNACLE 1217-20-500Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED2 deaths590 reports
- PINNACLE 1217-30-500Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED1 death484 reports
- NA 1365-53-000Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED404 reports
- PINNACLE ALTRX 1221-36-054Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED388 reports
- PINNACLE ALTRX 1221-32-050Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED386 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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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