SOLUTION SYSTEM 1571-84-000Recalls & reported problems
Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · SOLUTION REVISION HIP SYSTEM FEMORAL STEM 12/14 TAPER HIP STEM W/ POROCOAT 8 Inches 13.5mm RIGHT BOWED · Class 2 · Implant
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Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 4
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 4
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295061250), received between Oct 31, 2017 and Oct 31, 2022 — classified as 4 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fracture” (4 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
- Fracture4
- Inadequacy of Device Shape and/or Size1
Patient problems
- No Code Available2
- Pain2
- Bone Fracture(s)1
- No Information1
Recent adverse event reports
The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryOct 31, 2022Fracture; Fracture
LEGAL LETTER RECEIVED: OUR CLIENT WAS ADMITTED ON THE (B)(6) 2018 FOR ELECTIVE RIGHT HIP REVISION SURGERY. WE ATTACH IMPLANT TRACEABILITY STICKERS FOR YOUR ATTENTION. IN THE NEXT YEAR OF THIS SURGERY OUR CLIENT INFORMS US THAT HE SUFFERED EXCRUCIATING PAIN AS A RESULT THIS SURGERY AND LEARN IN OR AROUND EARLY (B)(6) 2019 THAT THE PROTHESIS THAT WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2018 WAS IN FACT BROKEN. THIS RESULTED IN OUR CLIENT HAVING TO HAVE A RIGHT PROXIMAL FIBULAR REPLACEMENT DUE TO THE BROKEN PROTHESIS ON THE (B)(6) 2019. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED ABOVE PATIENT HAD TO HAVE A FURTHER OPERATION ON THE (B)(6) 2019 AS A RESULT OF THE BROKEN PROTHESIS. THE OPERATION THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2019 INVOLVED A DISSECTION DOWN TO THE BONE; THE BROKEN STEM OF IMPLANT IDENTIFIED; CABLES OF HOOK PLATE CUT AND PLATE REMOVED.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 15699307 ↗InjuryJul 1, 2020Fracture; Inadequacy of Device Shape and/or Size; Fracture; Inadequacy of Device Shape and/or Size
REVISION HIP REPLACEMENT. PREVIOUSLY REVISED USING A SOLUTION STEM AT SMSA SEVERAL YEARS EARLIER. SOLUTION STEM HAD RECENTLY BROKEN MID SHAFT. REVIEW OF THE X-RAYS WITH THE SURGEON CONCLUDED THAT THE SOLUTION STEM HAD BEEN UNDERSIZED DUE TO A LARGE AMOUNT OF CEMENT NOT REMOVED FROM THE FEMORAL SHAFT FROM THE PRIMARY SURGERY. THE END POINT OF THE LARGE PIECE OF CEMENT MAY HAVE NOT ONLY CAUSED THE SOLUTION TO BE UNDERSIZED, BUT ALSO ACTED AS A STRESS RISER ON THE STEM. THE STEM BROKE JUST ABOVE THIS CEMENT.
Patient problems: No Code Available; Pain
MAUDE report 10221170 ↗InjuryNov 5, 2019Fracture; Fracture
DATE: (B)(6) 2019. REVISION RIGHT TOTAL HIP FOR PERI PROSTHETIC FRACTURE. BROKEN SOLUTION STEM- SPONTANEOUS- PLEASE INVESTIGATE REASON FOR SAME. SURGEON REQUESTED INVESTIGATION.
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); No Code Available
MAUDE report 9279109 ↗InjuryOct 31, 2017Fracture; Fracture
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS FRACTURED OF PROXIMAL/METAPHYSEAL REGION OF THE STEM.
Patient problems: No Information
MAUDE report 6989836 ↗
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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