VEGA System® PS+ NX214Recalls & reported problems
Aesculap AG · VEGA PS+ GLIDING SURFACE T1/1+ 18MM · Class 2 · Implant
All models of VEGA System PS (31)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 04046963811167), received between Jun 23, 2025 and Jun 23, 2025 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Patient-Device Incompatibility” (1 report).
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
- Patient-Device Incompatibility1
Patient problems
- Failure of Implant1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJun 23, 2025Patient-Device Incompatibility; Patient-Device Incompatibility
THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT ON (B)(6) 2017, WITH IMPLANTATION OF A VEGA SYSTEM IN THE RIGHT KNEE. THE TIBIAL COMPONENT REPORTEDLY LOOSENED AND REQUIRED REVISION ON (B)(6) 2018, AT WHICH TIME THE VEGA SYSTEM WAS AGAIN USED FOR THE BOTTOM COMPONENT. ON (B)(6) 2019, A SECOND REVISION WAS PERFORMED AFTER THE FEMORAL COMPONENT REPORTEDLY FAILED, AND THE CONSTRUCT WAS REVISED TO A COLUMBUS AF SYSTEM. DESPITE THE REVISIONS, THE PATIENT CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE INSTABILITY AND PAIN. ON (B)(6) 2022, A THIRD REVISION WAS PERFORMED, AND ALL AESCULAP COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH ANOTHER MANUFACTURER'S DEVICE. WHILE NO FURTHER MECHANICAL FAILURE HAS OCCURRED SINCE THAT SURGERY, THE PATIENT CONTINUES TO REPORT CHRONIC SWELLING, PAIN, AND LIMITED MOBILITY IN THE RIGHT KNEE. THE RIGHT KNEE IS NOW VISIBLY LARGER THAN THE LEFT, AND THE PATIENT REQUIRED A LEFT KNEE REPLACEMENT DUE TO OVERCOMPENSATION. THE EXPLANTED RIGHT KNEE COMPONENTS WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant
MAUDE report 22306733 ↗
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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