SOLUTION SYSTEM 1572-02-180Recalls & reported problems
Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · SOLUTION REVISION HIP SYSTEM FEMORAL STEM 12/14 TAPER STRAIGHT LARGE STATURE 8 Inches 18.0mm 45mm OFFSET · 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
- 3
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295061465), received between Mar 15, 2019 and May 2, 2023 — classified as 3 injuries, 1 malfunction.
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 Problem4
Patient problems
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties3
- Fatigue3
- Pain3
- Discomfort2
- Extraskeletal ossification2
- Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction2
- Metal Related Pathology2
- Numbness2
Recent adverse event reports
The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryMay 2, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
(B)(6) 2021: PATIENT HAS A CONSULT REGARDING HIS RIGHT HIP WITH PERSISTENT SWELLING THAT HAS OCCURRED NEARLY A YEAR AFTER HIS REVISION. HE HAS BEEN ASPIRATED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SIGNS OF INFECTION. CHROMIUM AND COBALT LEVELS ARE NORMAL. HE HAS SOME NUMBNESS AND PAIN RADIATING DOWN THE BACK OF HIS LEG. MRI SHOWS A VERY LARGE PSEUDOTUMOR AROUND THE RIGHT HIP THAT HAS RECURRED, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE LOOSENING OF THE RIGHT CUP. X-RAY REVIEW SHOWS OSTEOLYSIS AROUND THE STEM PROXIMALLY ON THE MEDIAL SIDE. (B)(6) 2022: PHYSICAL THERAPY NOTE INDICATES, PATIENT HAD A SECOND PSEUDOTUMOR REMOVAL FROM HIS HIP ON (B)(6) 2021. HE HAS WEAKNESS AND DIFFICULTY WALKING REQUIRING PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS. IT IS UNKNOWN IF ANY IMPLANTS WERE REVISED. (B)(6) 2022: PATIENT CANCELS PHYSICAL THERAPY VISITS, DUE TO EXCESSIVE ¿POPPING SOUNDS¿ IN HIS HIP. DOI: (B)(6) 2020. DOR: UNKNOWN. RIGHT HIP SECOND COMPLAINT.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Extraskeletal ossification; Fatigue; Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction; Metal Related Pathology; Numbness; Osteolysis; Pain; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 16852330 ↗MalfunctionJan 20, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED. AFTER REVIEW OF MEDICAL RECORDS, VISIT NOTES ON (B)(6) 2018 INDICATED THAT PATIENT HAD COMPLAINTS OF OCCASIONAL STIFFNESS AND SORENESS. VISIT NOTES ON (B)(6) 2019 REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD A LOWER LUMBAR PAIN BILATERAL LOWER EXTREMITY PAIN INTO THE POSTERIOR THIGH, QUAD AND POSTERIOR CALVES. UROLOGIST CONSULTATION REPORTED THAT PATIENT PROSTATE WAS ENLARGE. DOI:(B)(6) 2009 (CUP). DOI: (B)(6) 2017; DOR: NONE REPORTED; LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Discomfort; Fatigue; Muscular Rigidity; Pain
MAUDE report 16213749 ↗InjuryJan 20, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PINNACLE LITIGATION RECORD RECEIVED. PATIENT ALLEGES PAIN, ELEVATED METAL ION, FATIGUE, TUMOR THAT CAUSED BY METALLOSIS DUE TO THE INITIAL IMPLANT OF THE METAL-ON-METAL PINNACLE DEVICE, HEMARTHROSIS, NUMBNESS AND DISCOMFORT, FLUID ACCUMULATION, BLEEDING INTO THE HIP JOINT, AND SWELLING. PATIENT DEVELOPED A FOOTBALL-SIZED PSEUDOTUMOR AND RELATED NECROSIS, CAUSED BY METALLOSIS DUE TO THE INITIAL IMPLANT OF THE METAL-ON-METAL PINNACLE DEVICE CAUSING HIM EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. PLAINTIFF SUSTAINED AND CONTINUES TO SUFFER DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUFFERING, SEVERE AND POSSIBLY PERMANENT INJURIES, DISABILITY, DISFIGUREMENT, ECONOMIC DAMAGES (INCLUDING MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL EXPENSES) MONITORING, REHABILITATIVE AND PHARMACEUTICAL COSTS, AND LOST WAGES AND LOSS OF FUTURE EARNINGS CAPACITY, INABILITY TO WALK WITHOUT A CANE, BONE LOSS, PARASTHESIA IN RIGHT LEG, MARK DISTENTION IN RIGHT HIP, DEBRIS, KIDNEY CANCER, THYROID ISSUES, BELL'S PALSY, AND VERTIGO. DOI: (B)(6) 2005; DOR: (B)(6) 2020 ; (RIGHT HIP).
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Deformity/ Disfigurement; Discomfort; Distress; Extraskeletal ossification; Fatigue; Foreign Body Reaction; Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding; Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction; Inflammation; Loss of Range of Motion; Metal Related Pathology; Necrosis; Numbness; Osteolysis; Pain; Paresthesia; Physical Asymmetry; Pocket Erosion; Scar Tissue; Swelling/ Edema; Unspecified Tissue Injury; Vertigo; Wound Dehiscence
MAUDE report 13306544 ↗InjuryMar 15, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PPF ALLEGES INFECTION, METAL WEAR, METALLOSIS, AND ELEVATED METAL IONS. DOI: (B)(6) 2009 - DOR: (B)(6) 2009, (RIGHT HIP). THIS PC IS FOR THE FIRST REVISION OF THE RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: No Code Available; Test Result; Tissue Damage; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 8424642 ↗
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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