Equinoxe 306-01-08Recalls & reported problems
Exactech, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Equinoxe (305)
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 10885862083784), received between Apr 3, 2019 and Apr 15, 2026 — classified as 3 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth” (2 reports).
10 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K042021); 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.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth2
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
- Component Missing1
- Loose or Intermittent Connection1
- Positioning Problem1
Patient problems
- Aseptic loosening1
- Failure of Implant1
- No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient1
- Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture1
- Pain1
- Unspecified Infection1
Recent adverse event reports
The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryApr 15, 2026Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth
IT WAS REPORTED VIA CLINICAL THAT THIS PATIENT UNDERWENT A SHOULDER REPLACEMENT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED SHOULDER PAIN ATTRIBUTED TO HUMERAL COMPONENT LOOSENING AND NONUNION. A REVISION PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED, DURING WHICH THE HUMERAL STEM, HUMERAL TRAY, AND HUMERAL LINER WERE REVISED. THE OUTCOME IS CONSIDERED RESOLVED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Aseptic loosening; Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture; Pain
MAUDE report 24889107 ↗InjuryOct 11, 2019Loose or Intermittent Connection; Component Missing; Positioning Problem; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth
AS REPORTED, THIS FEMALE PATIENT HAD A TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY ON HER RIGHT SHOULDER. WE ARE UNSURE OF WHEN THIS WAS PERFORMED AND BY WHOM. SHE HAD A SUBSEQUENT REVISION SURGERY WHICH TOOK PLACE ON (B)(6) 2014 AND WAS PERFORMED. IT SEEMS THAT THAT THE HUMERAL COMPONENTS WERE REVISED IN PLACE AND USED A HUMERAL LONG STEM (8X175) FOR THIS PATIENT. THE CEMENTED LONG REVISION STEM, HAD BECOME EXTREMELY LOOSE AND SPUN 180O WITHIN THE HUMERAL CANAL, RESULTING IN THE NEED FOR A SECOND REVISION SURGERY. WHEN THE SURGEON DISSECTED DOWN TO THE IMPLANTS AND REMOVED THE STEM IT HAD NO CEMENT ON IT, AND SURGEON COMPLAINED THE ROUND SMOOTH CEMENTED DESIGN WAS THE ISSUE. A REVISION WAS DONE TO PLACE A FLUTED CEMENTED FRACTURE STEM IN ITS PLACE. OPERATION WAS A SUCCESS, PATIENT LEFT THE OR IN STABLE CONDITION AND SURGEON EXPECTS PATIENT TO DO WELL. EXPLANTS WERE KEPT BY HOSPITAL AS THEY DO NOT ALLOW US TO TAKE THEM.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant; No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient
MAUDE report 9179100 ↗InjuryApr 3, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PENDING REVISION DUE TO INFECTION. THE PATIENT DID NOT FINISH THEIR COURSE OF ANTIBIOTICS AND IS INFECTED.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 8478064 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K042021. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-0536-2026 · Sep 5, 2025 · Open, ClassifiedBrand Name: Equinoxe Ergo Product Name: Adjustable Angle rTSA Reamer, 46mm Model/Catalog Number: 321-59-46 Software Version: N/A Product Description: rTSA Reamer, 46mm Component: N
- Z-0537-2026 · Sep 5, 2025 · Open, ClassifiedBrand Name: Equinoxe Ergo Product Name: Ergo Augments Pilot Tip Converter Model/Catalog Number: 301-11-11 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Pilot Tip Converter Piece Compo
- Z-0535-2026 · Sep 5, 2025 · Open, ClassifiedBrand Name: Equinoxe Ergo Product Name: Adjustable Angle rTSA Reamer, 42mm Model/Catalog Number: 321-59-42 Software Version: N/A Product Description: rTSA Reamer, 42mm Component: N
- Z-1404-2024 · Mar 6, 2024 · Open, ClassifiedExactech Equinoxe GLENOID,KEELED, CEMENTED, mates with 47, 50, 53 head, beta curvature, Sizes: a) Small, Item Number 314-02-02, b) Medium, Item Number 314-02-03, c) Large, Item Nu
- Z-1402-2024 · Mar 6, 2024 · Open, ClassifiedExactech Equinoxe GLENOID,KEELED, CEMENTED, Mates with 38, 41, 44 head, alpha curvature, Sizes: a), Small, Item Number 314-01-02; b) Medium, Item number 314-01-03; c) Large, Item
- Z-1405-2024 · Mar 6, 2024 · Open, ClassifiedExactech Equinoxe GLENOID,KEELED, CEMENTED,47, 50, 53 head, beta curvature, Sizes: a) Small, Item Number 314-02-12, b) Medium, Item Number 314-02-13, c) Large, Item Number 314-02
- Z-1403-2024 · Mar 6, 2024 · Open, ClassifiedExactech Equinoxe GLENOID,KEELED, CEMENTED, mates with 47, 50, 53 head, beta curvature, Sizes: a) Small, Item Number 314-01-12, b) Medium, Item Number 314-01-13, c) Large, Item Nu
- Z-0884-2021 · Nov 9, 2020 · Open, ClassifiedEquinoxe Humeral Stem, Primary, Press Fit, 11mm
- Z-1459-2015 · Feb 13, 2015 · TerminatedEquinoxe 44mm Short Humeral Head Catalog Number 310-01-44. Orthopedic shoulder implant component.
- Z-2115-2012 · Jun 15, 2012 · TerminatedEquinoxe Anatomic Replicator Plate Intended for Primary and Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Other Prosthesis, Shoulder, Hemi-, Humeral, Metallic Uncemented devices
- DJO SURGICAL 509-02-032Encore Medical, L.P. · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED364 reports
- DELTA XTEND 130790036Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED171 reports
- DELTA XTEND 130770018Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED159 reports
- TRIGEN 71118200Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED123 reports
- DJO SURGICAL 509-02-432Encore Medical, L.P. · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED119 reports
- DELTA XTEND 130738206Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED116 reports
- COMPREHENSIVE SHOULDER SYSTEM 113633Biomet Orthopedics, LLC · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED2 recalls4 reports
- DELTA XTEND 130742206Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER, HEMI-, HUMERAL, METALLIC UNCEMENTED99 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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