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Novation 164-01-12Recalls & reported problems

Exactech, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant

All models of Novation (184)

Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10885862035103), received between Aug 15, 2023 and Aug 15, 2023 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fracture” (1 report).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K080980); they may or may not involve this specific model.

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

  • Fracture1
  • Insufficient Device Problem Information1

Patient problems

  • Bone Fracture(s)1
  • Periprosthetic fracture1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryAug 15, 2023Fracture; Insufficient Device Problem Information; Fracture; Insufficient Device Problem Information

    AS REPORTED, APPROXIMATELY 7 YEARS POST OP INITIAL RIGHT THA, THIS FEMALE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO A PERIPROSTHETIC HIP FRACTURE. EVERYTHING WAS REMOVED. SURGEON CABLED THE FRACTURE AROUND THE STEM. THE CERAMIC HEAD AND LINER WERE EXCHANGED. HE USED A CERAMIC HEAD FROM ZIMMER BIOMET AND A 32MM EHXL LINER FOR THE CROWN CUP. PATIENT WAS LAST KNOWN TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION FOLLOWING THE EVENT. NO X-RAYS AVAILABLE. DEVICE ARE NOT RETURNING - DISPOSED AT THE HOSPITAL.

    Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Periprosthetic fracture

    MAUDE report 17549084 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K080980. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-0201-2016 · Sep 23, 2015 · Terminated
    Novation Element Press-Fit, Cementless, HA Coated, Collared, Standard Offset, Size 9, Femoral Hip Implant Stems, Intended for press-fit fixation

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