PERSONA™ 42-5099-025-25Recalls & reported problems
Zimmer, Inc. · Class 1
All models of PERSONA (364)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 4
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00889024232532), received between Dec 17, 2019 and Apr 30, 2025 — classified as 2 injuries, 2 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Contaminated During Manufacture or Shipping” (2 reports).
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
- Device Contaminated During Manufacture or Shipping2
- Fracture1
- Malposition of Device1
- Unstable1
Patient problems
- Adhesion(s)1
- Bacterial Infection1
- Deformity/ Disfigurement1
- Foreign Body In Patient1
- Joint Contracture1
- Joint effusion1
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions1
- No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient1
Recent adverse event reports
The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionApr 30, 2025Device Contaminated During Manufacture or Shipping; Device Contaminated During Manufacture or Shipping
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PINK FOREIGN OBJECT HAD BEEN FOUND INSIDE THE PLASTIC BAG THAT CONTAINED THE STERILE SCREWS. IT WAS DISCOVERED IMMEDIATELY AFTER OPENING THE BAG. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21935095 ↗InjuryMar 18, 2024Unstable; Malposition of Device; Unstable; Malposition of Device
IT WAS REPORTED A PATIENT REPORTS PAIN, INTERMITTENT SWELLING, AND DEFORMITY SINCE SURGERY AND THEN BEGAN EXPERIENCING INSTABILITY, AND A FLEXION CONTRACTURE. RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DISPLAYED LUCENCY OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT AND PATELLAR BUTTON AND 12 DEGREES VARUS ALIGNMENT OF THE TIBIAL COMPONENT. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR POST IMPLANTATION THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION FOR INSTABILITY, ARTHROFIBROSIS, AND MALALIGNMENT. ALL COMPONENTS, EXCEPT THE PATELLA, WERE REVISED WITHOUT COMPLICATION. DURING THE SURGERY, CULTURES WERE TAKEN AND LATER, ONE OF THE CULTURES FROM THE FEMORAL MEMBRANE, GREW EVIDENCE OF PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES. THE PATIENT WAS PLACED ON A THREE-MONTH COURSE OF ORAL DOXYCYCLINE. THE PATIENT HAS CONTINUED THROUGH THE STUDY WITHOUT ONGOING INFECTION RELATED COMPLICATIONS.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Bacterial Infection; Deformity/ Disfigurement; Joint Contracture; Joint effusion; Pain; Scar Tissue
MAUDE report 18924835 ↗InjuryJun 19, 2023Fracture; Fracture
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING REMOVAL, THE HEAD OF THE HEXAGONAL FEMALE WAS DAMAGED AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED. IT REMAINED IN THE PATIENT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient
MAUDE report 17154125 ↗MalfunctionDec 17, 2019Device Contaminated During Manufacture or Shipping; Device Contaminated During Manufacture or Shipping
IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHEN THE CUSTOMER OPENED THE PACKAGE, THERE WAS FOREIGN MATTER INSIDE THE STERILE PACKAGE. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT THIS TIME.
Patient problems: No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient
MAUDE report 9480405 ↗
Other STARTER, BONE SCREW devices
- LAG SCREW DRILL 2112-01-303Biomet Orthopedics, LLC · STARTER, BONE SCREW1 report
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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