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NexGen® Legacy® 00-5962-016-52Recalls & reported problems

Zimmer, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant

All models of NexGen Legacy (119)

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 00889024210813), received between Aug 30, 2023 and Aug 30, 2023 — classified as 1 injury.

6 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K072619, K173057); 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

  • Joint Laxity1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryAug 30, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT KNEE REVISION APPROXIMATELY 4 YEARS POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO INSTABILITY. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Joint Laxity

    MAUDE report 17653223 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K072619, K173057. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-2092-2023 · May 19, 2023 · Terminated
    NexGen Precoat Stemmed Tibial Plate Size 5
  • Z-0321-2020 · Oct 10, 2019 · Terminated
    Various Knee Systems for knee joint arthroplasty, knee prosthesis, Item Nos. 00522000100 00522000200 00522000300 00522000400 00522006304 00522006504 00522006600 00522006800
  • Z-1044-2018 · Nov 29, 2017 · Terminated
    LPS-FLEX PRECOAT FEMORAL B-R LPS-FLEX PRECOAT FEMORAL C-L LPS-FLEX PRECOAT FEMORAL C-R LPS-FLEX PRECOAT FEMORAL D-L LPS-FLEX PRECOAT FEMORAL D-R LPS-FLEX PRECOAT FEMORAL E-L LPS-FL
  • Z-1057-2018 · Nov 29, 2017 · Terminated
    NEXGEN GSF POROUS FEMORAL LPS FLEX SIZE F, RIGHT " These devices are indicated for patients with: - Painful and/or disabling knee joints due to osteoarthritis or traumatic arthrit
  • Z-0840-2016 · Jan 11, 2016 · Terminated
    CR Flex GSF Porous Femoral LPS Flex GSF Porous Femoral LPS Flex Porous Femoral prosthesis, knee, patello/femorotibial, semi-constrained, uncemented, porous, coated, polymer/metal/p
  • Z-0609-2011 · Apr 16, 2010 · Terminated
    NexGen Complete Knee Solution Stemmed tibial broach impactor, Catalog # 00-5977-011-00, Zimmer Inc., Warsaw, IN.

Other PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER devices

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