Persona® 42-5181-008-10Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00880304810044), received between Dec 4, 2023 and Dec 4, 2023 — classified as 1 malfunction.

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

2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K161592); 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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

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

• MalfunctionDec 4, 2023Fracture; Fracture

  IT WAS REPORTED DURING PARTIAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY THAT THE ARTICULAR SURFACE PROVISIONAL FRACTURED UPON REMOVAL. THE PROVISIONAL HAD BEEN INSERTED WHILE THE BONE CEMENT WAS DRYING ON THE TIBIAL AND FEMORAL COMPONENTS. THE FRACTURED ARTICULAR SURFACE PROVISIONAL WAS IDENTIFIED TO HAVE BONE CEMENT DRIED TO IT. NO ADVERSE EVENTS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS MALFUNCTION.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18255659 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K161592. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-1238-2018 · Nov 29, 2017 · Terminated
  Persona Partial Knee spacer block instruments; (1) 8mm block, Model Number: 42-5399-035-08; (2) 9mm block, Model Number:42-5399-035-09; (3) 10mm block, Model Number: 42-5399-035-10
• Z-0349-2018 · Jul 5, 2017 · Terminated
  Persona Partial Knee System, Size 8, Finishing Guide