Persona® 42-5601-135-16Recalls & 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
- 6
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 6
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 6 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00887868249822), received between Feb 22, 2022 and Jul 10, 2025 — classified as 6 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Insufficient Device Problem Information” (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
- Insufficient Device Problem Information1
- Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth1
Patient problems
- Pain5
- Bursitis2
- Swelling/ Edema2
- Aseptic loosening1
- Bone Fracture(s)1
- Fall1
- Inflammation1
- Joint effusion1
Recent adverse event reports
The 6 most recent of 6 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJul 10, 2025Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth
IT WAS REPORTED VIA CLINICAL STUDY THAT UNDERWENT A TOTAL KNEE PROCEDURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, TWO (2) YEARS AND FIVE (5) MONTHS POST-IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT REPORTED SEVERE PAIN AND A CONCERN OF WEAKNESS. ONGOING TENDINITIS/BURSITIS AND MILD EFFUSION WERE ALSO NOTED ON EXAM. ON THE NEXT FOLLOW-UP SIX (6) MONTHS LATER, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DISPLAYED POSSIBLE LOOSENING AND BONE LOSS. THE PATIENT WISHES TO MANAGE THESE SYMPTOMS CONSERVATIVELY WITH HOME CARE AND OBSERVATION AT THIS TIME. ALL COMPONENTS REMAIN IMPLANTED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Aseptic loosening; Bursitis; Joint effusion; Muscle Weakness/Atrophy; Osteopenia/ Osteoporosis; Pain; Tendinopathy
MAUDE report 22472055 ↗InjuryJul 11, 2024Adverse 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: Bone Fracture(s); Fall; Pain
MAUDE report 19719792 ↗InjuryApr 18, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED A PATIENT UNDERWENT RIGHT KNEE A TWO STAGE REVISION FOR INFECTION. SUBSEQUENTLY, APPROXIMATELY 7 MONTHS LATER THE PATIENT BEGAN TO HAVE INTERMITTENT PAIN AND SWELLING AND 2 YEARS FIVE MONTHS REPORTED AN INCREASE IN PAIN AND WAS PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY. ALL IMPLANTS REMAIN IN PLACE.
Patient problems: Pain; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 19139729 ↗InjuryApr 13, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS POST KNEE ARTHROPLASTY REVISION, THE PATIENT REPORTED MILD ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN AND WAS PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY AND GIVEN STEROID INJECTION FOR IT BAND AND PER ANSERINE BURSITIS. THE PATIENT¿S PAIN CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE STUDY AND TWO YEARS, THREE MONTHS LATER, REPORTED SEVERE PAIN AND STIFFNESS TO THE RIGHT KNEE. NO SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS WERE FOUND ON RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING, AND THE ONGOING PAIN IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE PATIENT'S SPINAL STENOSIS.
Patient problems: Bursitis; Pain
MAUDE report 16732418 ↗InjuryJun 13, 2022Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A REVISION ON AN UNKNOWN DATE FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAVE BEEN MADE; HOWEVER, NO MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 14678681 ↗InjuryFeb 22, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING MILD SWELLING, STIFFNESS AND PES ANSERINE TENDERNESS APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS POST IMPLANTATION. MILD BLOODY DRAINAGE AND PERIINCISIONAL DRAINAGE WAS ALSO NOTED. PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH VOLTAREN TOPICAL GEL AND PHYSICAL THERAPY. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAVE BEEN MADE; HOWEVER, NO MORE IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
Patient problems: Inflammation; Pain; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 13576755 ↗
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:
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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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