UNK STEM
Report
- Report Number
- 0001822565-2026-00946
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- March 25, 2026
- Date of Event
- November 29, 2025
- Report Date
- December 9, 2025
- Manufacturer
- ZIMMER BIOMET, INC.
- Product Code
- JDI
- PMA / PMN Number
- NA
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- AS
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
- Health Professional
- Yes
Narratives
(B)(4). PROPOSED COMPONENT CODE: MECHANICAL (G04) - STEM. D10: CAT # 010000703 LOT# 7840937 G7 BONEMASTER LTD ACET SHL 52E. G2: FOREIGN: AUSTRALIA. NO PRODUCT WAS RETURNED; FURTHER VISUAL AND DIMENSIONAL EVALUATIONS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. PART AND LOT IDENTIFICATION ARE NECESSARY FOR REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS, NEITHER WERE PROVIDED. RADIOGRAPHS WERE PROVIDED AND REVIEWED BY A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL. REVIEW OF THE AVAILABLE RECORDS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING: 2 AP PELVIS/PROXIMAL FEMUR RADIOGRAPHS ARE REVIEWED, OBTAINED AT PRE-REVISION AND POST-REVISION TIME POINTS. THE PREREVISION RADIOGRAPH SHOWS PRESENCE OF LEFT HIP TOTAL ARTHROPLASTY. RADIOLUCENCY IS PRESENT AT THE FEMORAL STEM TIP METAL-BONE AND METAL-CEMENT INTERFACES WHICH MAY INDICATE LOOSENING. THE ACETABULAR CUP LATERAL ANGLE OF INCLINATION IS ABNORMALLY STEEP. LEG LENGTH DISCREPANCY IS PRESENT, WITH LEFT LEG RELATIVELY SHORT. HETEROTOPIC BONE PROJECTS JUST PROXIMAL TO THE LEFT HIP LESSER TROCHANTER AND FAINT SMALL HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION PROJECTS LATERAL TO THE LEFT HIP. POST-REVISION AP PELVIS/PROXIMAL FEMUR RADIOGRAPHS SHOWS PRESENCE OF LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY. THE ACETABULAR CUP HAS BEEN REVISED. THE ACETABULAR CUP LATERAL ANGLE OF INCLINATION IS NOW STANDARD. FINDINGS ARE OTHERWISE SIMILAR TO THE EARLIER PRE-REVISION RADIOGRAPH. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. THE X-RAY REVIEW SUGGESTS THE CUP INCLINATION IS A RISK FACTOR FOR THE DISLOCATION. THE POSITIONING OF IMPLANTS ARE AT THE SURGEONS DISCRETION AND DEPENDS ON THE PATIENTS ANATOMY. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO GATHER ALL PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION, AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED IF ANY FURTHER INFORMATION IS FOUND WHICH WOULD CHANGE OR ALTER ANY CONCLUSIONS OR INFORMATION, A SUPPLEMENTAL WILL BE FILED ACCORDINGLY. ZIMMER BIOMET WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR TRENDS.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL HIP PROCEDURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT WAS REVISED APPROXIMATELY 6 WEEKS LATER DUE TO DISLOCATION. DURING THE REVISION, THE ORIENTATION OF THE CUP WAS CHANGED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 748527 | UNK STEM | PROSTHESIS, HIP | JDI | ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. | UNK |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77 YR | Unknown | Hospitalization| R | SEE H11 NARRATIVE |