NexGen® Legacy® Prolong® 5962-42-17Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00889024211391), received between Aug 10, 2021 and Mar 20, 2026 — classified as 2 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Insufficient Device Problem Information” (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

Recent adverse event reports

The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryMar 20, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT HAD A RIGHT TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON AN UNKNOWN DATE FOLLOWED BY A REVISION DUE TO INSTABILITY WHERE A ZIMMER BIOMET PRODUCT WAS IMPLANTED. APPROXIMATELY 7 YEARS POST-IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT ANOTHER RIGHT KNEE REVISION DUE TO PAIN, 3 DEGREES OF HYPEREXTENSION AND GLOBAL INSTABILITY IN EXTENSION, MID FLEXION, AND AT 90 DEGREES IN FLEXION. THE POLY WAS UPSIZED TO A 20MM CONDYLAR CONSTRAINED KNEE AND ALL OTHER COMPONENTS WERE RETAINED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Hyperextension; Joint Laxity; Pain

  MAUDE report 24649250 ↗
• InjuryAug 10, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Insufficient Device Problem Information; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REPORTED.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 12304665 ↗

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.