Skip to content

NexGen® Legacy® Prolong® 5962-51-10Recalls & 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 00889024211483), received between Aug 9, 2023 and Aug 9, 2023 — 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

Patient problems

  • Failure of Implant1
  • Loss of Range of Motion1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryAug 9, 2023Fracture; Fracture

    IT WAS REPORTED A PATIENT UNDERWENT A KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS, 6 MONTHS POST PROCEDURE FOR LOCKING OF THE KNEE. IT WAS NOTED IN THE REVISION THAT THE POST ON LPS POLY HAD FRACTURED AND WAS REPLACED.

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

    MAUDE report 17491978 ↗

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

All PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER devices →

Sources and updates

How reports and recalls are matched · Editorial policy · Report an error on this page