Persona® Trabecular Metal® 42-5450-005-10Recalls & reported problems
Zimmer, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Persona Trabecular Metal (57)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 10
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 10
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 10 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00889024560666), received between Mar 29, 2022 and Jan 2, 2026 — classified as 10 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Malposition of Device” (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 Problem8
- Malposition of Device1
- Migration1
- Unstable1
Patient problems
- Pain8
- Bursitis3
- Loss of Range of Motion2
- Swelling/ Edema2
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
- Bone Fracture(s)1
- Crepitus1
- Embolism/Embolus1
Recent adverse event reports
The 10 most recent of 10 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJan 2, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT IS EXPERIENCING PAIN AND STIFFNESS APPROXIMATELY SIX (6) MONTHS FOLLOWING KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. INITIAL OPERATIVE NOTES NOTED NO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE, HOWEVER, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Loss of Range of Motion; Pain
MAUDE report 23944135 ↗InjuryNov 17, 2025Malposition of Device; Malposition of Device
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Crepitus; Numbness; Pain; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 23567836 ↗InjuryMar 20, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN APPROXIMATELY TWO (2) YEARS FOLLOWING LEFT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. THE PATIENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO CONTINUE OVER-THE-COUNTER PAIN-RELIEVERS. NO ADDITIONAL PATIENT CONSEQUENCES WERE REPORTED. INITIAL OPERATIVE NOTES NOTED NO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 21650724 ↗InjurySep 17, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Bursitis; Pain
MAUDE report 20235537 ↗InjurySep 17, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Bursitis; Pain
MAUDE report 20235534 ↗InjuryMar 18, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Hematoma; Joint effusion
MAUDE report 18922639 ↗InjuryMar 13, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Fall; Inflammation; Muscle/Tendon Damage; Pain; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 18895467 ↗InjuryJul 1, 2022Unstable; Migration; Unstable; Migration
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 14886669 ↗InjuryJun 2, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT IS EXPERIENCING PAIN AND TENDERNESS OF THE PES ANSERINUS AND ILIOTIBIAL TRACT REQUIRING A CORTISONE INJECTION TWO YEARS POST IMPLANTATION. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAVE BEEN MADE; HOWEVER, NO MORE IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
Patient problems: Bursitis; Loss of Range of Motion; Pain
MAUDE report 14582659 ↗InjuryMar 29, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT REPORTED COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, RIB PAIN, BACK PAIN, NAUSEA/VOMITING, AND DIARRHEA WHICH PROGRESSED TO DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND THE PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS POST IMPLANTATION WITH PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND PNEUMONIA. THESE ISSUES WERE RESOLVED APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MONTHS LATER WITH MEDICAL TREATMENT. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAVE BEEN MADE; HOWEVER, NO MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
Patient problems: Embolism/Embolus; Pneumonia
MAUDE report 13942638 ↗
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:
Other PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER devices
- ATTUNE 1506-00-005Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER589 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-00-004Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER580 reports
- JOURNEY 74012812Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER502 reports
- JOURNEY 74011856Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER438 reports
- PERSONA™ 42-5099-094-00Zimmer, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER406 reports
- JOURNEY 74011857Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER388 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-00-007Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER288 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-00-003Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER271 reports
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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