LEGION 71423214Recalls & reported problems
Smith & Nephew, Inc. · LEGION CRUCIATE RETAINING NONPOROUS FEMORAL SIZE 4 RIGHT · Class 2 · Implant
All models of LEGION (446)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 3
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 3
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00885556029930), received between Aug 24, 2019 and Feb 17, 2023 — classified as 3 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Insufficient Device Problem Information” (1 report).
4 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K060742, K230653); 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
- Insufficient Device Problem Information1
- Loss of Osseointegration1
Patient problems
- Anemia1
- Constipation1
- Injury1
- Unspecified Infection1
Recent adverse event reports
The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryFeb 17, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER A TKA SURGERY PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2022, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED CONSTIPATION AND POST-OPERATIVE ANEMIA. THE ANEMIA WAS TREATED WITH 1 UNIT OF RBC AND THE CONSTIPATION WITH DOCUSATE SODIUM 50 MG + SENNOSIDE B 8 MG TABLET. THE PATIENT RECOVERED.
Patient problems: Anemia; Constipation
MAUDE report 16400982 ↗InjuryOct 21, 2019Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED THAT TWO DAYS AFTER PRIMARY KNEE REPLACEMENT DISCHARGE, PATIENT RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SURGICAL INFECTION WITH FOLLOW-UP OF 8 DAYS OF HOSPITALIZATION.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 9216049 ↗InjuryAug 24, 2019Loss of Osseointegration; Loss of Osseointegration
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD PRIMARY SURGERY IN 2018 AND ITS COMPONENTS ARE LOOSE BUT NO REVISION SURGERY HAS BEEN PERFORMED.
Patient problems: Injury
MAUDE report 8928683 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K060742, K230653. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2621-2023 · Aug 31, 2023 · Open, Classifiedsmith&nephew LEGION OXINUM POSTERIOR STABILIZED NONPOROUS FERMOAL COMPONENT, SIZE 5N, LEFT, NARROW, REF 71421265; knee joint
- Z-0591-2015 · Nov 4, 2014 · TerminatedLEGION(TM) COCR CONSTRAINED FEMORAL COMPONENT, SIZE 6, LEFT, REF 71426006, QTY 1, Smith & Nephew, knee prosthesis Usage:orthopedic.
- Z-0589-2015 · Nov 4, 2014 · TerminatedLEGION(TM) COCR CONSTRAINED FEMORAL COMPONENT, SIZE 4, LEFT, REF 71425004, QTY 1, Smith & Nephew, knee prosthesis Usage:orthopedic.
- Z-0590-2015 · Nov 4, 2014 · TerminatedLEGION(TM) COCR CONSTRAINED FEMORAL COMPONENT, SIZE 5, RIGHT, REF 71426005, QTY 1, Smith & Nephew, knee prosthesis Usage:orthopedic.
Other PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER devices
- ATTUNE 1506-00-005Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER589 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-00-004Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER580 reports
- JOURNEY 74012812Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER502 reports
- JOURNEY 74011856Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER438 reports
- PERSONA™ 42-5099-094-00Zimmer, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER406 reports
- JOURNEY 74011857Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER388 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-00-007Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER288 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-00-003Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER271 reports
Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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