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Scorpio 73-20-0510Recalls & reported problems

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Resurfacing Patellar Component · Class 2 · Implant

All models of Scorpio (107)

Data updated Oct 18, 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 07613327014471), received between May 9, 2019 and May 9, 2019 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fracture” (1 report).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K051977); 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

  • Fracture1
  • Unstable1

Patient problems

  • Fall1
  • Injury1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryMay 9, 2019Fracture; Unstable; Fracture; Unstable

    PATIENT REPORTED HE HAD A TRIATHLON KNEE SURGERY IN 2010 AND HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES FOR THE PAST YEAR AND HALF. THE MAJORITY OF THE ISSUE HAS BEEN FALLING WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. ON THE FIRST OF DECEMBER THE PATIENT HAD EXPLORATORY KNEE SURGERY IN WHICH THE SURGEON DISCOVERED THE POLYETHYLENE ARTICULATING SURFACE HAD BROKEN. PATIENT HAS SURGICAL IMAGES OF THE DEVICE. EVENT UPDATE: ON (B)(6) 2017 A LEFT KNEE REVISION TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY WITH CHANGING THE POLY TO INCREASE CONSTRAINT WITH A METAL POST WAS PERFORMED FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF "1. LEFT KNEE INSTABILITY STATUS-POST LEFT TKA, AND 2. LEFT KNEE PATELLAR FRACTURE."[...]THE REPORT NOTES, " ... PAST THREE TO SIX MONTHS KNEE INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ... NOTED TIBIAL POST WAS FRACTURED AND FLOATING IN THE NOTCH OF THE KNEE JOINT ... CHANGED TO A #9/16 SCORPIO TS INSERT WITH EXCELLENT STABILITY AND MOTION ... PATELLA ... SMALL FRAGMENT OF FRACTURE ... HEALED OVER THE LATERAL FACET ... PATELLA VERY STABLE." THE PATELLAR COMPONENT WAS RETAINED AND UNCOMPLICATED SURGERY WAS DESCRIBED..."

    Patient problems: Fall; Injury

    MAUDE report 8595209 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K051977. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-0911-2010 · Feb 17, 2006 · Terminated
    Scorpio X3 UHMPWE Tibial Inserts and Scorpio X3 UHMWPE Patellar Components, multiple sizes, Stryker Orthopaedics, Mahwah, NJ. Intended to be used with cemented or cementless compo

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