EMPHASYS 4742-08-200Recalls & reported problems
Depuy (Ireland) · EMPHASYS 12/14 FEMORAL STEM COLLARED HIGH OFFSET HA COATED 8 HO · Class 2 · Implant
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Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 3
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 3
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295505587), received between Apr 27, 2023 and Dec 2, 2024 — classified as 3 injuries.
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.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem3
Patient problems
- Limb Fracture2
- Inflammation1
- Pain1
- Swelling/ Edema1
- Thrombosis/Thrombus1
- Unspecified Infection1
- Urinary Tract Infection1
Recent adverse event reports
The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryDec 2, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
SUBJECT ID: (B)(6). STUDY NO: DOTS. CLINICAL ADVERSE EVENT RECEIVED FOR INCREASED PAIN AND SOME SWELLING IN THE RIGHT HIP DEVICE RELATEDNESS: POSSIBLY. PROCEDURE RELATEDNESS: REMOTE POSSIBILITY. DATE OF EVENT: 5/NOV/2024. DATE OF IMPLANT: NO INFORMATION PROVIDED. DATE OF REVISION: NO INFORMATION PROVIDED. DEVICE LOCATION: RIGHT. TREATMENT/IMPACT: ATTEMPT ASPIRATION OF HIP (PLANNED). PATIENT WAS SEEN IN THE CLINICAL SETTING ON (B)(6) 2024, AS PART OF HER STANDARD FOLLOW-UP. THREE WEEKS AFTER HER RIGHT HIP SURGERY, SHE GOT SEPTIC, HAD DIVERTICULITIS, PELVIC INFECTION AND A RESISTANT URINARY TRACT INFECTION. SHE HAS HAD A DIAGNOSED RIGHT GREATER TROCHANTER FRACTURE (NO SURGICAL TREATMENT PLANNED). SHE PRESENTS WITH PERSISTENT HIP PAIN TO THE TOUCH, ESPECIALLY ANTERIOR HIP, BUT NO SWELLING OR FLUID COLLECTION. HER X-RAYS AND LABS ARE NEGATIVE FOR ANY SIGNS OF IMPLANT FAILURE OR INFECTION. CLINICAL PLAN WAS TO ATTEMPT AN ASPIRATION OF HER HIP (MRI SHOWED A VERY SMALL FLUID COLLECTION IN THE JOINT) FOR EVALUATION OF POSSIBLE INFECTION.
Patient problems: Inflammation; Limb Fracture; Pain; Swelling/ Edema; Unspecified Infection; Urinary Tract Infection
MAUDE report 20817635 ↗InjuryJun 30, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
CLINICAL ADVERSE EVENT RECEIVED FOR NON-DISPLACED MICRO CALCAR FRACTURE. EVENT IS SERIOUS AND IS CONSIDERED MILD. EVENT IS POSSIBLY RELATED TO BOTH DEVICE AND PROCEDURE. DATE OF IMPLANT: (B)(6)2023. DATE OF EVENT: (B)(6)2023. (LEFT HIP) TREATMENT: OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION.
Patient problems: Limb Fracture
MAUDE report 17237791 ↗InjuryApr 27, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
CLINICAL ADVERSE EVENT RECEIVED FOR GI; THROMBOSIS OF SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY. EVENT IS SERIOUS AND IS CONSIDERED SEVERE. EVENT IS POSSIBLY RELATED TO PROCEDURE. EVENT IS NOT RELATED TO DEVICE. DATE OF IMPLANT: (B)(6) 2022, DATE OF EVENT: (B)(6) 2023, (LEFT HIP). TREATMENT: UNSPECIFIED TREATMENT.
Patient problems: Thrombosis/Thrombus
MAUDE report 16823667 ↗
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- Anthology 71365705Smith & Nephew, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented176 reports
- BIOLOX DELTA 1365-40-710Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented170 reports
- PINNACLE GRIPTION 1217-32-054Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented169 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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