PROFIX 71501010Recalls & reported problems
Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROFIX METAPHYSEAL TIBIA STEM 18MM · Class 2 · Implant
All models of PROFIX (22)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 6
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 6
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 6 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 03596010218391), received between Aug 7, 2018 and Nov 30, 2023 — classified as 6 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Failure to Osseointegrate” (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 16, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
- Failure to Osseointegrate2
- Insufficient Device Problem Information2
- Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available1
- Fracture1
- Loose or Intermittent Connection1
Patient problems
- Pain4
- Arthralgia2
- Inadequate Osseointegration2
- Radiolucent Lines2
- Injury1
- No Code Available1
- No Information1
Recent adverse event reports
The 6 most recent of 6 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryNov 30, 2023Failure to Osseointegrate; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Failure to Osseointegrate; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER RIGHT TKA SURGERY HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2022, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN. FURTHERMORE, X-RAYS ON (B)(6) 2023 SHOWED LUCENCY UNDER THE TIBIAL COMPONENTS PARTICULARLY IN THE PRO METAPH TIB STEM 18MM, THIS FINDINGS WOULD SUGGEST LOOSENING OF THE PROTHESES. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS TREATED WITH REVISION SURGERY PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2023, IN WHICH A LGN POR HA TIB BASE W/O HOLES SZ 7 RT,LGN CR HIGH FLEX XLPE SZ 7-8 9MM AND A PRO METAPH TIB STEM 18MM WERE EXCHANGED. PATIENT AS FAR AS ACKNOWLEDGED IS FIT AND HEALTHY.
Patient problems: Arthralgia; Inadequate Osseointegration; Pain; Radiolucent Lines
MAUDE report 18238266 ↗InjuryNov 30, 2023Fracture; Failure to Osseointegrate; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Fracture; Failure to Osseointegrate; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER LEFT TKA SURGERY HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2022, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN. FURTHERMORE, X-RAYS ON (B)(6) 2023 SHOWED LUCENCY UNDER THE TIBIAL COMPONENT PARTICULARLY IN THE PRO METAPH TIB STEM 18MM, THIS FINDINGS WOULD SUGGEST LOOSENING OF THE PROTHESES. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS TREATED WITH REVISION SURGERY PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2023, IN WHICH A LGN POR HA TIB BASE W/O HOLES SZ 7 LT, PRO METAPH TIB STEM 18MM AND A LGN CR HIGH FLEX XLPE SZ 7-8 9MM WERE EXCHANGED. PATIENT AS FAR AS ACKNOWLEDGED IS FIT AND HEALTHY.
Patient problems: Arthralgia; Inadequate Osseointegration; Pain; Radiolucent Lines
MAUDE report 18238074 ↗InjuryAug 28, 2018Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A REVISION SURGERY FOR A PRODUCT REMOVAL WAS PERFORMED.
Patient problems: Injury; No Code Available
MAUDE report 7824702 ↗InjuryAug 9, 2018Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED DUE TO RIGHT KNEE LOOSENING AND LEFT KNEE PAIN.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 7767351 ↗InjuryAug 7, 2018Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED DUE TO RIGHT KNEE LOOSENING AND LEFT KNEE PAIN.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 7760144 ↗InjuryAug 7, 2018Loose or Intermittent Connection; Loose or Intermittent Connection
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED DUE TO LOOSENING KNEE.
Patient problems: No Information
MAUDE report 7757351 ↗
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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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