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NexGen® Legacy® Prolong® 5962-30-14Recalls & reported problems

Zimmer, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant

All models of NexGen Legacy Prolong (26)

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 00889024211032), received between May 25, 2022 and May 25, 2022 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fracture” (1 report).

4 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K042271, 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

  • Fracture1
  • Noise, Audible1
  • Unstable1

Patient problems

  • Failure of Implant1
  • Loss of Range of Motion1
  • Pain1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryMay 25, 2022Fracture; Unstable; Noise, Audible; Fracture; Unstable; Noise, Audible

    IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT INITIAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT WAS REVISED APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO PERIPROSTHETIC STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION. THE INLAY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE PATIENT LATER UNDERWENT A SECOND REVISION APPROXIMATELY 5 YEARS POST FIRST REVISION DUE TO IMPLANT FRACTURE. THE INLAY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Loss of Range of Motion; Pain

    MAUDE report 14496042 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K042271, K173057. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-1433-2025 · Feb 27, 2025 · Open, Classified
    NexGen LPS Flex, Knee joint patellofemorotibial polymer/metal/polymer semi-constrained cemented prosthesis, Model Number 00-5962-042-10
  • 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-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, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER devices

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