Compress Device 178512Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 8 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00880304260399), received between Oct 7, 2019 and Sep 3, 2025 — classified as 8 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth” (2 reports).

6 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K031804, K043547); 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 8 most recent of 8 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjurySep 3, 2025Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth

  NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

  Patient problems: Aseptic loosening; Pain

  MAUDE report 22954772 ↗
• InjuryDec 30, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A RIGHT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY REVISION TO ADDRESS FLEXION CONTRACTURE AND STIFFNESS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-TWO (22) MONTHS FOLLOWING KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE, HOWEVER, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information; Joint Contracture; Loss of Range of Motion

  MAUDE report 21036174 ↗
• InjuryDec 30, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A RIGHT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY REVISION TO ADDRESS FLEXION CONTRACTURE AND STIFFNESS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-TWO (22) MONTHS FOLLOWING KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE, HOWEVER, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information; Joint Contracture; Loss of Range of Motion

  MAUDE report 21036152 ↗
• InjuryApr 12, 2024Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT KNEE REVISION APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MONTHS POST-IMPLANTATION DUE TO AN UNKNOWN FAILURE OF THE COMPRESS PROSTHESIS. NO ADDITIONAL PATIENT CONSEQUENCES WERE REPORTED.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 19097861 ↗
• InjuryJun 30, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant

  MAUDE report 12094356 ↗
• InjuryApr 30, 2021Fracture; Fracture

  UPON RECEIVING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF THE REPORTED EVENT, IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE NOT REPORTABLE. THE INITIAL REPORT SHOULD BE VOIDED.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 11752742 ↗
• InjuryMar 31, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THIS DEVICE IS NOT BELIEVED TO HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 11598436 ↗
• InjuryOct 7, 2019Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth

  IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT¿S RIGHT KNEE WAS REVISED APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO LOOSENING. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

  Patient problems: No Code Available

  MAUDE report 9161328 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K031804, K043547. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-1529-2009 · May 19, 2009 · Terminated
  Biomet OSS Letson Proximal Femoral Trial 7 cm resection/left, stainless steel, Biomet Orthopedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN; REF 32-472089. A non-powered, orthopedic manual surgical instr
• Z-1526-2009 · May 19, 2009 · Terminated
  Biomet OSS FINN Proximal Femoral Trial 7 cm resection/right, stainless steel, Biomet Orthopedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN; REF 32-472086. A non-powered, orthopedic manual surgical instru
• Z-1528-2009 · May 19, 2009 · Terminated
  Biomet OSS Letson Proximal Femoral Trial 7 cm resection/right, stainless steel, Biomet Orthopedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN; REF 32-472088. A non-powered, orthopedic manual surgical inst
• Z-1531-2009 · May 19, 2009 · Terminated
  Biomet OSS Elliptical Proximal Femoral Trial 7 cm left provisional, stainless steel, Biomet Orthopedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN; REF 32-472125. A non-powered, orthopedic manual surgical
• Z-1530-2009 · May 19, 2009 · Terminated
  Biomet OSS Elliptical Proximal Femoral Trial 7 cm, right provisional, stainless steel, Biomet Orthopedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN; REF 32-472124. A non-powered, orthopedic manual surgic
• Z-1527-2009 · May 19, 2009 · Terminated
  Biomet OSS FINN Proximal Femoral Trial 7 cm resection/left, stainless steel, Biomet Orthopedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN; REF 32-472087. A non-powered, orthopedic manual surgical instrum