Equinoxe 320-20-42Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10885862086587), received between Oct 18, 2019 and Apr 28, 2025 — classified as 3 injuries.

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

13 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K063569); 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

Recent adverse event reports

The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryApr 28, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  THE MALE PATIENT PRESENTED TO SURGEON'S OFFICE IN THE (B)(6) 2023 WITH COMPLAINTS OF SUDDEN AND THEN ONGOING PAIN AND DISSATISFACTION WITH HIS LEFT REVERSE TSA. UPON IMAGING THE IMPLANTS LOOKED MAL-POSITIONED AND THE GLENOID LOOKED LIKE IT HAS BONE GROWTH FROM POLY WEAR. THE SURGEON THOUGHT POLY WEAR AND OSTEOLYSIS CAUSED ONGOING ISSUES AND POTENTIAL LOOSENING OF THE IMPLANTS. THE PATIENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR REVISION LEFT REVERSE TSA. REVISION SURGERY OPERATIVE NOTES WERE PROVIDED. PATIENT LEFT THE OPERATING ROOM IN STABLE CONDITION. NO FURTHER ISSUES OR COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

  Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology; Osteolysis; Pain

  MAUDE report 21919653 ↗
• InjuryFeb 22, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth

  AS REPORTED, APPROXIMAL 7 MONTHS POST OP LEFT SHOULDER REPLACEMENT, THIS (B)(6) FEMALE PATIENT WAS REVISED FOR A SECOND TIME DUE TO PAIN AND INSTABILITY. THERE WAS LOOSENING OF THE GLENOID AND HUMERAL COMPONENTS WITH IMPLANT BREAKAGE (ONE OF THE BASEPLATE SCREWS). PATIENT HAS POOR HEALTH. PATIENT WAS LAST KNOWN TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION FOLLOWING THE EVENT. SURGEON WAS HAPPY WITH THE REVISION RESULT. DEVICES WILL NOT BE RETUNING DUE TO THE HOSPITAL DISPOSING OF THEM.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant

  MAUDE report 13580978 ↗
• InjuryOct 18, 2019Break; Difficult to Remove

  IT WAS REPORTED AS SUSPECTED INFECTION. BASEPLATE LOOSENED AND SCREW BROKE DUE TO MICRO-MOTION. SURGEON LEFT IN THE BROKEN PART OF THE SCREW BECAUSE HE COULDN¿T GET IT OUT. THERE WOULD BE MORE DAMAGE RETRIEVING IT THAN LEAVING IT. ALL IMPLANTS REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL CASE AND PUT IN A MAKESHIFT SPACER. NO ADVERSE REACTION TO PATIENT.

  Patient problems: Device Embedded In Tissue or Plaque; Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 9207845 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K063569. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-2561-2025 · Aug 15, 2025 · Open, Classified
  Exactech Equinoxe, Reverse Shoulder Humeral Liners, REF: 320-38-00,145-DEG PE 38MM HUM LINER +0/ 320-38-03,145-DEG PE 38MM HUM LINER +2.5/ 320-42-00,145-DEG PE 42MM HUM LINER +0/
• Z-1418-2024 · Mar 6, 2024 · Open, Classified
  Exactech Equinoxe REVERSE SHOULDER, 38mm Humeral Liner: a) +0mm, Item Number 320-38-00, b) +2.5mm, Item Number 320-38-03; Shoulder Arthroplasty
• Z-1422-2024 · Mar 6, 2024 · Open, Classified
  Exactech Equinoxe REVERSE SHOULDER,42mm Humeral Liner, a) +0mm, Item number 320-42-00, b) +2.5mm, Item Number 320-42-03; Shoulder Arthroplasty
• Z-1424-2024 · Mar 6, 2024 · Open, Classified
  Exactech Equinoxe REVERSE SHOULDER,46mm Humeral Liner, a) +0mm, Item number 320-46-00, b) +2.5mm, Item Number 320-46-03; Shoulder Arthroplasty
• Z-1425-2024 · Mar 6, 2024 · Open, Classified
  Exactech Equinoxe REVERSE SHOULDER,46mmConstrained Humeral Liner, a) +0mm, Item number 320-46-10, b) +2.5mm, Item Number 320-46-13; Shoulder Arthroplasty
• Z-1419-2024 · Mar 6, 2024 · Open, Classified
  Exactech Equinoxe REVERSE SHOULDER,38mm Constrained Humeral Liner: a) +0mm, Item Number 320-38-10, b) +2.5mm, Item Number 320-38-13, Shoulder Arthroplasty
• Z-1423-2024 · Mar 6, 2024 · Open, Classified
  Exactech Equinoxe REVERSE SHOULDER,42mm Constrained Humeral Liner, a) +0mm, Item number 320-42-10, b) +2.5mm, Item Number 320-42-13; Shoulder Arthroplasty
• Z-0579-2024 · Nov 21, 2023 · Open, Classified
  Exactech Equinoxe Reverse Shoulder System, Catalog Numbers: a) 320-36-00, b) 320-36-03, c) 320-36-04, d) 320-36-10, e) 320-36-13, f) 320-38-00, g) 320-38-13, h) 320-40-00,
• Z-3020-2020 · Aug 24, 2020 · Terminated
  Equinoxe Reverse Shoulder Compression Screw/Locking Cap Kit 4.5 x 22 mm.
• Z-3019-2020 · Aug 24, 2020 · Terminated
  Equinoxe Reverse Shoulder Compression Screw/Locking Cap Kit 4.5 x 18 mm.
• Z-0012-2019 · Aug 21, 2018 · Open, Classified
  Equinoxe Reverse Drill Bit Kit, Catalog Number 321-20-00 Product Usage: Shoulder surgery
• Z-0900-2017 · Oct 25, 2016 · Terminated
  Equinoxe Reverse Shoulder Fixed Angle Torque Defining Screw Kit
• Z-2117-2012 · Jun 15, 2012 · Terminated
  Equinoxe Reverse Compression Screw Intended for Primary and Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty.