Persona® 42-5603-135-13Recalls & 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
- 9
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 9
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 9 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00887868250033), received between Feb 16, 2022 and Sep 17, 2024 — classified as 9 injuries.
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 Problem9
Patient problems
- Pain7
- Swelling/ Edema7
- Bone Fracture(s)3
- Fall3
- Inflammation3
- Bursitis2
- Joint Laxity1
- Muscle Weakness/Atrophy1
Recent adverse event reports
The 9 most recent of 9 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjurySep 17, 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; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 20238843 ↗InjurySep 17, 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; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 20238837 ↗InjurySep 17, 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; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 20238816 ↗InjuryMar 4, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT REQUIRED ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY AND WAS PRESCRIBED DICLOFENAC AND CELEBREX FOR TREATMENT OF PES ANSERINUS BURSITIS, ILIOTIBIAL BAND TENDONITIS, PAIN, SWELLING, STIFFNESS, WEAKNESS AND INSTABILITY APPROXIMATELY TWO (2) MONTHS FOLLOWING LEFT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. INITIAL OPERATIVE NOTES NOTED NO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS UPON IMPLANTATION OF DEVICES.
Patient problems: Bursitis; Muscle Weakness/Atrophy; Muscle/Tendon Damage; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 18825791 ↗InjuryApr 13, 2023Adverse 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: Bursitis; Pain
MAUDE report 16732426 ↗InjuryDec 14, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL LEFT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY WITH UNKNOWN PRODUCT. THE PATIENT WAS REVISED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 YEARS LATER DUE TO IMPLANT LOOSENING. AT THE 1 YEAR FOLLOW UP, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH LEFT LATERAL KNEE PAIN THAT RADIATES TO LOWER LEG. NARCOTICS WERE PRESCRIBED. AT THE 2 YEAR FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT. A LARGE LEFT KNEE EFFUSION WAS PRESENT. LEFT KNEE ASPIRATION WAS COMPLETED IN THE OFFICE. NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED.
Patient problems: Joint Laxity; Pain; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 15978556 ↗InjuryFeb 21, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 11 WEEKS POST IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED SWELLING, INFLAMMATION, AND PES BURSITIS OF THE RIGHT KNEE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH A CORTISONE INJECTION AND THE ISSUES RESOLVED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Inflammation; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 13568859 ↗InjuryFeb 17, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT EXPERIENCED MODERATE L PES ANSERINE BURSITIS APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MONTHS POST IMPLANTATION. THE PATIENT WAS GIVEN CORTISONE INJECTIONS AND THE ISSUE RESOLVED. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAVE BEEN MADE; HOWEVER, NO MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Inflammation; Pain; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 13548377 ↗InjuryFeb 16, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED VIA A CLINICAL STUDY THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT REVISION PROCEDURE APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS POST IMPLANTATION DUE SEVERE PAIN WITH TWISTING OR STAIRS AND MODERATE PAIN WITH PATELLAR TENDONITIS. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH A TOPICAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CREAM AND THE OUTCOME WAS REPORTED AS RESOLVED ON THE SAME DAY. THE PRODUCTS REMAIN IMPLANTED. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAVE BEEN MADE; HOWEVER, NO MORE IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
Patient problems: Inflammation; Pain
MAUDE report 13546105 ↗
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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