JOURNEY 74023282Recalls & reported problems
Smith & Nephew, Inc. · JOURNEY ARTICULAR INSERT BCS STANDARD 7-8 LEFT 10MM · Class 2 · Implant
All models of JOURNEY (566)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 8
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 8
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 8 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 03596010555359), received between Aug 23, 2017 and Jun 17, 2024 — classified as 8 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (4 reports).
4 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K042515, K230653); 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
- Break4
- Fracture2
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
- Insufficient Device Problem Information1
Patient problems
- Failure of Implant3
- Injury3
- Joint Dislocation2
- Insufficient Information1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 8 most recent of 8 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJun 17, 2024Fracture; Fracture
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER TKA SURGERY HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A BREAKAGE OF THE JOURN ART INS BCS STD 7-8 LT10 POST. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS SOLVED BY A REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2024, IN WHICH THE POLY INSERT WAS REPLACED. THE CURRENT HEALTH STATUS OF PATIENT IS UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 19554985 ↗InjuryOct 17, 2023Fracture; Fracture
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER A TKA HAD BEEN PERFORMED AROUND 10 YEARS AGO, THE POST OF A JOURN ART INS BCS STD 7-8 LT10 GOT BROKEN. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS TREATED BY A REVISION SURGERY ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, IN WHICH THE PATELLA WAS RESURFACED AND THE POLY WAS EXCHANGED. PATIENT IS RECOVERING.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant
MAUDE report 17949679 ↗InjuryMar 9, 2022Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER TKR HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF PAIN. A REVISION WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE ORIGINAL JOURNEY I POLY POST HAD BROKEN OFF. JOURNEY TALL POST WAS IMPLANTED IN ITS PLACE. CURRENT HEALTH STATUS OF THE PATIENT IS UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Pain
MAUDE report 13711559 ↗InjuryDec 1, 2021Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2021, AFTER A TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2010, THE IMPLANTED JOURNEY ARTICULAR INSERT BCS STANDARD 7-8 LEFT 10MM BROKE. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS SOLVED WITH A REVISION SURGERY CONDUCTED ON (B)(6) 2021. PATIENT¿S CURRENT HEALTH STATUS IS UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant
MAUDE report 12911351 ↗InjuryJul 14, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER A TKA HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2011, THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF DISLOCATION. THE INITIAL REPORTER SAID THAT IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE JOURN ART INS BCS STD 7-8 LT10 ((B)(4)) WAS TO BLAME FOR THE DISLOCATION. A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2021 TO ADDRESS THE ADVERSE EVENT AND ONLY THE INSERT WAS EXPLANTED. IT IS UNKNOWN THE PATIENT'S CURRENT STATUS AND FURTHER INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 12168017 ↗InjuryApr 14, 2020Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED DUE THE JOURNEY ART INS BCS STANDARD 7-8 LEFT 10 WAS BROKEN AND PATIENT COMPLAINT OF INSTABILITY. THE DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED IN (B)(6) 2007.
Patient problems: Injury
MAUDE report 9960458 ↗InjuryMar 14, 2019Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED DUE TO A BROKEN INSERT.
Patient problems: Injury
MAUDE report 8420786 ↗InjuryAug 23, 2017Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A REVISION WAS PERFORMED DUE TO DISLOCATION. SURGEON REPLACED THE FEMUR AND INSERT.
Patient problems: Injury; Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 6813320 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K042515, K230653. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2621-2023 · Aug 31, 2023 · Open, Classifiedsmith&nephew LEGION OXINUM POSTERIOR STABILIZED NONPOROUS FERMOAL COMPONENT, SIZE 5N, LEFT, NARROW, REF 71421265; knee joint
- Z-0003-2019 · Jun 13, 2018 · Open, ClassifiedJOURNEY BCS Knee Conventional Polyethylene Inserts: 74023111, 74023112, 74023113, 74023114, 74023115, 74023116, 74023117, 74023118, 74023121, 74023122, 74023123, 74023124, 7402312
- Z-0001-2019 · Jun 13, 2018 · Open, ClassifiedJourney BCS Knee CoCr Femoral Components, Catalog Numbers: 74021210, 74021211, 74021212, 74021213, 74021214, 74021215, 74021216, 74021217, 74021218, 74021219, 74021220, 74021221, 7
- Z-0002-2019 · Jun 13, 2018 · Open, ClassifiedJOURNEY BCS OXINIUM Knee Femoral Components, Catalog Numbers: 74021110, 74021111, 74021112, 74021113, 74021114, 74021115, 74021116, 74021117, 74021118, 74021119, 74021120, 7402112
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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