Persona® 42-5601-135-14Recalls & reported problems
Zimmer, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant
All models of PERSONA (364)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 5
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 5
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00887868249808), received between Mar 29, 2022 and Sep 16, 2026 — classified as 5 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth” (1 report).
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K181947, K191625); 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.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem4
- Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth1
Patient problems
- Pain3
- Loss of Range of Motion2
- Swelling/ Edema2
- Arthrofibrosis1
- Embolism/Embolus1
- Failure of Implant1
- Fall1
- Hyperextension1
Recent adverse event reports
The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjurySep 16, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
It was reported that a patient hyperextended the right knee and reported swelling and pain about three months post implantation. Approximately two and half year's post implantation the patient complained of moderate pain and refused x-rays. Three years and three months after the patient refused x-rays, a right open lysis of adhesions with possible lateral release and polyethylene exchange due to arthrofibrosis was ordered. No further information provided.
Patient problems: Arthrofibrosis; Hyperextension; Pain; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 50792709 ↗InjurySep 16, 2024Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. APPROXIMATELY SIX (6) MONTHS POST-IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION AND AN INFECTION WAS SUSPECTED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY WHERE LOOSENING WAS FOUND HOWEVER THE INFECTION RESULTS WERE INCONCLUSIVE. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REVISED WITHOUT COMPLICATION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Loss of Range of Motion; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 20226705 ↗InjuryJul 11, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED TWO (2) FALLS APPROXIMATELY SEVENTEEN (17) MONTHS AND FORTY (40) MONTHS FOLLOWING A RIGHT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. THE PATIENT WAS PRESCRIBED ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES AND REHABILITATION WAS RECOMMENDED. NO ADDITIONAL PATIENT CONSEQUENCES WERE REPORTED. INITIAL OPERATIVE NOTES NOTED NO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS.
Patient problems: Fall; Pain
MAUDE report 19721716 ↗InjuryMar 14, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN ASPIRATION, ARTHROCENTESIS AND TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE INJECTIONS TO ADDRESS PAIN, SYNOVITIS, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, JOINT EFFUSION AND SWELLING APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING LEFT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. INITIAL OPERATIVE NOTES NOTED NO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS.
Patient problems: Joint effusion; Loss of Range of Motion; Pain; Swelling/ Edema; Synovitis
MAUDE report 18901940 ↗InjuryMar 29, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT REPORTED COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, RIB PAIN, BACK PAIN, NAUSEA/VOMITING, AND DIARRHEA WHICH PROGRESSED TO DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND THE PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS POST IMPLANTATION WITH PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND PNEUMONIA. THESE ISSUES WERE RESOLVED APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MONTHS LATER WITH MEDICAL TREATMENT. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAVE BEEN MADE; HOWEVER, NO MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
Patient problems: Embolism/Embolus; Pneumonia
MAUDE report 13942618 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K181947, K191625. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2578-2026 · May 11, 2026 · Open, ClassifiedBrand Name: Persona Revision Product Name: Persona Revision Trabecular Metal Femoral Distal Augment Model/Catalog Number: 42-5572-066-10 Software Version: N/A Product Description:
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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