Persona® 42-5558-033-05Recalls & reported problems
Zimmer, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant
All models of PERSONA (364)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00889024557147), received between Jul 1, 2022 and Oct 9, 2023 — classified as 2 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Unstable” (1 report).
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K181947, K191625); 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.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
- Unstable1
Patient problems
- Pain2
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
- Bone Fracture(s)1
- Failure of Implant1
- Joint Laxity1
- Muscle/Tendon Damage1
- Osteopenia/ Osteoporosis1
- Synovitis1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryOct 9, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY REVISION TO ADDRESS LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT LAXITY INSTABILITY, HAMSTRING TENDON RUPTURE, PAIN AND AMBULATION LIMITATIONS APPROXIMATELY ONE (1) YEAR POST-OPERATIVELY. DURING THE REVISION PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT'S TISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED TO BE DAMAGED WITH INFLAMED SYNOVIUM AND A SYNOVECTOMY WITH DEBRIDEMENT WAS ADDITIONALLY PERFORMED. INITIAL OPERATIVE NOTES NOTED NO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. REVISION OPERATIVE NOTES NOTED THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO INSTABILITY WITH INCREASED LAXITY ON LATERAL THROUGHOUT THE ARC OF MOTION. DURING THE PROCEDURE, TISSUE DAMAGE WITH INFLAMED SYNOVIUM WAS IDENTIFIED. THE SURGEON PERFORMED EXTENSIVE EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT THROUGH FIBRINOUS SUPERFICIAL TISSUE DOWN TO DEEP CAPSULAR TISSUE. THE TIBIAL AND FEMORAL COMPONENTS WERE IDENTIFIED TO BE ALIGNED AND STABLE, BUT THE ARTICULAR SURFACE WAS REVISED AND REPLACED. NO OTHER INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Muscle/Tendon Damage; Pain; Synovitis
MAUDE report 17894296 ↗InjuryJul 1, 2022Unstable; Unstable
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION LEFT TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY PROCEDURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PAIN, CREPITUS AND INSTABILITY. APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS POST-IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY. DURING THE SURGERY, A TIBIAL CORTEX FRACTURE WAS NOTED WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSIDENCE AND MINIMAL FIXATION OF THE TIBIAL COMPONENTS. THE TIBIAL BASEPLATE WAS ALSO NOTED TO HAVE DETACHED FROM THE TIBIAL STEM COMPONENT. AFFECTED COMPONENTS WERE REVISED WITHOUT REPORTED COMPLICATION. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Failure of Implant; Joint Laxity; Osteopenia/ Osteoporosis; Pain
MAUDE report 14886728 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K181947, K191625. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2578-2026 · May 11, 2026 · Open, ClassifiedBrand Name: Persona Revision Product Name: Persona Revision Trabecular Metal Femoral Distal Augment Model/Catalog Number: 42-5572-066-10 Software Version: N/A Product Description:
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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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