LinkSymphoKnee 880-071/50Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 04026575249794), received between Jul 11, 2025 and Jul 11, 2025 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth” (1 report).

11 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K202924); 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 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryJul 11, 2025Patient-Device Incompatibility; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Patient-Device Incompatibility; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth

  LINKBIO REVIEWED A PATIENT RECORD WHICH DESCRIBED REVISION OF THIS LINK KNEE (IMPLANTED (B)(6) 2023) ON (B)(6) 2023. THE OFFICE VISIT NOTE PRECEDING THE REVISION SURGERY (DATED (B)(6) 2023) INDICATES POSSIBLE PERIPROTHETIC LEFT KNEE INFECTION ASSOCIATED WITH CELLULITIS. COMMUNICATION FROM SURGEON INDICATES NO KNOWN INFECTION PRESENT FOR THIS REVISION. DR. WAS UNSURE OF THE CAUSE FOR ARTHROFIBROSIS BUT PATIENT PRESENTED WITH MULTI-DIRECTIONAL INSTABILITY. PATIENT'S LTT TESTING REFLECTS MILDLY REACTIVE TO ALUMINUM AND VANADIUM.

  Patient problems: Joint Laxity

  MAUDE report 22480033 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K202924. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-2541-2025 · Jul 31, 2025 · Open, Classified
  LinkSymphoKnee System, Tibial Component, Modular, Symmetric, Sz. 5, CoCrMo/TiNbN, cemented, Fixed. REF Number: 880-100/50
• Z-1701-2025 · Apr 3, 2025 · Open, Classified
  L-Shaped Femoral Augment; Item Numbers: (1) 880-320/12 (Sz. 0 - cemented sm), (2) 880-320/22 (Sz. 0 - cemented lg), (3) 880-321/12 (Sz. 1-2 - cemented sm), (4) 880-321/22 (Sz. 1-2
• Z-1700-2025 · Apr 3, 2025 · Open, Classified
  Posterior Femoral Augment; Item Numbers: (1) 880-310/11 (Sz. 0 - cemented sm), (2) 880-310/21 (Sz. 0 - cemented lg), (3) 880-311/11 (Sz. 1-2 - cemented sm), (4) 880-311/21 (Sz. 1-2
• Z-1699-2025 · Apr 3, 2025 · Open, Classified
  Distal Femoral Augment; Item Numbers: (1) 880-300/11 (Sz. 0 - cemented sm), (2) 880-300/21 (Sz. 0 - cemented lg), (3) 880-301/11 (Sz. 1-2 - cemented sm), (4) 880-301/21 (Sz. 1-2 -
• Z-1702-2025 · Apr 3, 2025 · Open, Classified
  Tibial Augment; Item Numbers: (1) 880-331/11 (Sz. 1-2 - cemented x-sm), (2) 880-331/12 (Sz. 1-2 - cemented sm), (3) 880-331/13 (Sz. 1-2 - cemented md), (4) 880-331/21 (Sz. 1-2 - ce
• Z-1374-2025 · Feb 14, 2025 · Open, Classified
  Modular Stem cylindrical, Tilastan, press-fit cementless, L= 80 mm, DIA = 13 mm, Product Code: 880-601/13
• Z-1373-2025 · Feb 14, 2025 · Open, Classified
  Modular Stem cylindrical, Tilastan, press-fit cementless, L= 80 mm, DIA = 12 mm, Product Code: 880-601/12
• Z-1372-2025 · Feb 14, 2025 · Open, Classified
  Modular Stem cylindrical, Tilastan, press-fit cementless, L= 80 mm, DIA = 11 mm, Product Code: 880-601/11
• Z-1674-2023 · Apr 25, 2023 · Open, Classified
  LINK SymphoKnee System L-Shaped Femoral Augment, Medial-Right/Lateral-Left, Sz 5-6 Tilastan, cemented. Intended for primary and revision total knee replacement. Item Number: 880-32
• Z-2066-2023 · Dec 23, 2022 · Open, Classified
  LinkSymphoKnee Distal Femoral Augment - Tilastan - Size 7-8, Medial-Right/Lateral Left, 5mm- Intended for primary and revision total knee replacement in skeletally mature patients.
• Z-2067-2023 · Dec 23, 2022 · Open, Classified
  LinkSymphoKnee Distal Femoral Augment - Tilastan - Size. 7-8, Lateral-Right/Medial-Left, 5mm-Intended for primary and revision total knee replacement in skeletally mature patients.