JOURNEY 74019201Recalls & reported problems
Smith & Nephew, Inc. · JOURNEY PATELLA REAMER GUIDE · Class 2
All models of JOURNEY (566)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 4
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 03596010557308), received between Jul 18, 2020 and May 5, 2022 — classified as 1 injury, 3 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (4 reports).
4 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K121393); 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.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Break4
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions3
- 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.
MalfunctionMay 5, 2022Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A JOURNEY PATELLA REAMER GUIDE BROKE DURING CLEANING PROCEDURES. NO CASE INVOLVED; THEREFORE, THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVED WHEN NOTICING THIS MALFUNCTION.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 14285886 ↗MalfunctionMar 9, 2022Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, THE JOURNEY PATELLA REAMER GUIDE SPRING WAS BROKEN. AS THIS HAPPENED IN A NON-SURGICAL ENVIRONMENT, THERE WAS NOT PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 13715390 ↗MalfunctionJul 5, 2021Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING A TKA SURGERYT, A JOURNEY PATELLA REAMER GUIDE'S SPRING MECHANISM ON HANDLE BROKE, IT IS UNKNOWN IF ANY PIECES FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT. SURGERY WAS RESUMED, WITHOUT ANY DELAY, WITH A BACK-UP DEVICE. PATIENT WAS NOT INJURED AS CONSEQUENCE OF THIS PROBLEM.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12114809 ↗InjuryJul 18, 2020Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SPRING OF THE JOURNEY PATELLA REAMER GUIDE BROKE DURING SURGERY, OUTSIDE THE PATIENT. PROCEDURE WAS FINISHED WITH THE SAME DEVICE. NO HARM OR INCONVENIENCE WAS CAUSED TO THE PATIENT.
Patient problems: No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient
MAUDE report 10293450 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K121393. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-0878-2020 · Dec 16, 2019 · Open, ClassifiedLEGION AP Cutting Block Size 4, REF 71434409; LEGION AP Cutting Block Size 6, REF 71434411; LEGION AP Cutting Block Size 7, REF 71434412; LEGION AP Cutting Block Size 8, REF 714344
- Z-0200-2019 · Sep 18, 2018 · TerminatedSmith+Nephew Orthopaedic Division LEGION A/P FEMORAL CUTTING BLOCK, SIZE 6 REF 71434411, QTY: (1) The LEGION AP Femoral Cutting Block is a reusable surgical instrument used to mak
- Z-2163-2018 · May 4, 2018 · Terminatedsmith&nephew GENESIS(R) II TIBIAL Punch, 13 MM, REF 71440408, QTY: (1)
- Z-1902-2018 · Apr 9, 2018 · Terminatedsmith&nephew 5o (5 degree) GENESIS(R) II VALGUS BUSHING, REF CATALOG NUMBER 71440014 The GENESIS II Knee System Components are indicated for rheumatoid arthritis; post-traumatic a
Other PROSTHESIS, KNEE, FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER devices
- R3 71363077Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER461 reports
- NA 71364009Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER174 reports
- JOURNEY 74012416Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER163 reports
- JOURNEY 74012415Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER163 reports
- JOURNEY 74012414Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER129 reports
- GENESIS II 71440194Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER114 reports
- GENESIS II 71440842Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER113 reports
- JOURNEY 74018901Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, METAL/POLYMER106 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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