Oxford Partial Knee System 159549Recalls & reported problems
Biomet Uk Ltd · Anatomic Meniscal Bearing Left Medial · Class 3 · Implant
All models of Oxford Partial Knee System (92)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 14
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 14
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 14 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 05019279785957), received between Jun 18, 2019 and Jun 23, 2026 — classified as 14 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (5 reports).
22 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (P010014); 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.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Device Dislodged or Dislocated5
- Unstable3
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
- Detachment of Device or Device Component1
- Loose or Intermittent Connection1
- Migration1
- Naturally Worn1
- Patient Device Interaction Problem1
Patient problems
- Insufficient Information4
- Joint Dislocation3
- Pain3
- Joint Laxity2
- Discomfort1
- Failure of Implant1
- Loss of Range of Motion1
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions1
Recent adverse event reports
The 14 most recent of 14 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJun 23, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY TO A TOTAL LEFT KNEE DUE TO SECOND DISLOCATION OF POLY SINCE INITIAL IMPLANTATION. REVISION SURGERY DUE TO FIRST DISLOCATION OF THE BEARING WAS REPORTED UNDER 3002806535-2022-00437. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 25593620 ↗InjuryDec 18, 2025Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 23835984 ↗InjuryDec 10, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Joint Laxity
MAUDE report 23765569 ↗InjuryDec 4, 2025Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT HAD AN INITIAL LEFT MEDIAL UNICONDYLAR KNEE ARTHROPLASTY PERFORMED ONE AND A HALF YEAR AGO. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT HAD SUSTAINED A FALL DUE TO UNKNOWN REASONS AND REQUIRED A POLY EXCHANGE SEVENTEEN MONTHS POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO INSTABILITY, PAIN, AND INABILITY TO STRAIGHTEN THE KNEE, INDICATING THE POLY HAD LIKELY ROTATED AND LOCKED HIS KNEE. THE POLY WAS UPSIZED DURING THE REVISION WITH NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Joint Laxity; Loss of Range of Motion; Pain
MAUDE report 23714667 ↗InjuryJun 3, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LEFT KNEE REVISION TO A TOTAL KNEE, APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS POST IMPLANTATION, DUE TO UNKNOWN REASON. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 19445675 ↗InjuryApr 15, 2024Unstable; Unstable
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT KNEE PROCEDURE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS AGO. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT HAS STATED THE KNEE GOES OUT AND THE PATIENT DROPS TO THE GROUND. IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY WHILE PATIENT IS WALKING AROUND. ACCORDING TO THE PATIENT, THE FAILURE STARED LAST YEAR. THE PATIENT VISITED HIS SURGEON, X-RAYS WERE TAKEN AND THE SURGEON REPORTED THAT NOTHING LOOKED OUT OF PLACE. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 19103947 ↗InjuryJul 17, 2023Unstable; Naturally Worn; Unstable; Naturally Worn
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT LEFT KNEE REVISION DUE TO THE POLY WEAR AND INSTABILITY ABOUT EIGHT (8) YEARS AFTER INITIAL SURGERY. DUE DILIGENCE IS IN PROGRESS FOR THIS COMPLAINT; TO DATE NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR PRODUCT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 17332377 ↗InjuryJun 12, 2023Unstable; Unstable
UPON FURTHER ASSESSMENT OF THE REPORTED EVENT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MEDWATCH REPORT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FILED AS THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE DEVICE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO A SERIOUS INJURY. GIVEN THIS INFORMATION, THIS MEDWATCH REPORT WILL BE VOIDED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 17105859 ↗InjuryJan 5, 2023Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT LEFT KNEE REVISION APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN (15) YEARS POST INITIAL SURGERY DUE TO THE PAIN WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE METAL MARKER EMBEDDED IN THE BEARING HAVING DETACHED INTO THE JOINT. DUE DILIGENCE IS IN PROGRESS FOR THIS COMPLAINT; TO DATE NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR PRODUCT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Pain
MAUDE report 16101881 ↗InjuryNov 1, 2021Patient Device Interaction Problem; Patient Device Interaction Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2017. SUBSEQUENTLY, A REVISION DUE TO PAIN WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2021.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 12727734 ↗InjuryAug 11, 2021Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2020. SUBSEQUENTLY, ON (B)(6) 2021, WHILE KICKING A FOOTBALL WITH GRANDSON, THE PATIENT FELT AN AWKWARD SENSATION IN KNEE. A CT AND X RAY REVEALED THAT THE MENISCAL BEARING HAS SPUN 30 DEGREES AND HAS NOT RELOCATED. THE BEARING WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2021.
Patient problems: Discomfort
MAUDE report 12306574 ↗InjuryMar 30, 2020Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL LEFT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2018. SUBSEQUENTLY, A BEARING REVISION DUE TO DISLOCATION WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2019.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 9897321 ↗InjuryAug 14, 2019Migration; Migration
IT WAS REPORTED BY THE HOSPITAL THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION TO A THICKER BEARING DUE TO DISLOCATION OF THE POLYETHYLENE COMPONENT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN ADDITIONAL DISLOCATION RESULTING IN A REVISION TO A TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 8891918 ↗InjuryJun 18, 2019Loose or Intermittent Connection; Loose or Intermittent Connection
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL KNEE PROCEDURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO TIBIAL LOOSENING AND SUBSIDENCE. PATIENT FELL THE DAY AFTER SURGERY.
Patient problems: No Information
MAUDE report 8706753 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under P010014. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1169-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Unicompartmental Knee Phase 3 Shim Size 2 Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1153-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Partial Knee System Femoral Slap Hammer Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1162-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Partial Knee System Right Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size D Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1157-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Partial Knee System Left Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size F Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1173-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Partial Knee System Phase 3 Tibial Template Right Medial Size C Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1154-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Unicompartmental Knee Phase 3 Tibial Impactor Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1158-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Partial Knee System Right Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size A Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1160-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Partial Knee System Right Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size E Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1171-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Partial Knee System Phase 3 Tibial Template Right Medial Size D Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1164-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Partial Knee System Right Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size C Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1161-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Partial Knee System Left Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size E Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1168-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Unicompartmental Knee Phase 3 Shim Size 3 Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1163-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Partial Knee System Left Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size D Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1172-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Partial Knee System Phase 3 Tibial Template Left Medial Size C Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
- Z-1155-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · TerminatedOxford Partial Knee System Phase 3 Tibial Template Right Medial Size A Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
…and 7 more.
Other Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Unicompartmental, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Mobile Bearing devices
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- Oxford Partial Knee System 161469Biomet Uk Ltd · Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Unicompartmental, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Mobile Bearing65 reports
- Oxford Partial Knee System 154722Biomet Uk Ltd · Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Unicompartmental, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Mobile Bearing35 reports
- Oxford Partial Knee System 159547Biomet Uk Ltd · Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Unicompartmental, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Mobile Bearing33 reports
- Oxford® Partial Knee System 32-422097Biomet Uk Ltd · Prosthesis, knee, femorotibial, unicompartmental, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, mobile bearing32 reports
- Oxford Partial Knee System 154723Biomet Uk Ltd · Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Unicompartmental, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Mobile Bearing1 death32 reports
- Oxford Partial Knee System 161470Biomet Uk Ltd · Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Unicompartmental, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Mobile Bearing26 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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