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Persona® Partial Knee System 42-5282-008-10Recalls & reported problems

Biomet Orthopedics, LLC · Class 2 · Implant

All models of Persona Partial Knee System (60)

Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00880304818613), received between Sep 28, 2021 and Sep 28, 2021 — classified as 1 injury.

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

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Embolism/Embolus1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjurySep 28, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS AN INITIAL RIGHT PARTIAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND WAS HOSPITALIZED OVERNIGHT APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS POST-IMPLANTATION. NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS WERE NOTED. AT THE NEXT FOLLOW UP VISITS, THE PATIENT REPORTED SLIGHT PAIN, NO PROBLEMS, FULL RANGE OF MOTION, AND REMAINED VERY SATISFIED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Embolism/Embolus

    MAUDE report 12540181 ↗

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

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