Triathlon 5512-F-202Recalls & reported problems
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Total Stabilizer Femoral Component · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Triathlon (608)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 5
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 5
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 07613327026801), received between Jul 23, 2019 and Mar 4, 2026 — classified as 5 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Osseointegration Problem” (2 reports).
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.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Osseointegration Problem2
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
- Degraded1
- Detachment of Device or Device Component1
- Insufficient Device Problem Information1
- Loss of Osseointegration1
- Malposition of Device1
- Material Erosion1
Patient problems
- Inadequate Osseointegration3
- Injury2
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
- Bone Fracture(s)1
- Foreign Body Reaction1
- Inflammation1
- Metal Related Pathology1
- Osteolysis1
Recent adverse event reports
The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryMar 4, 2026Degraded; Material Erosion; Detachment of Device or Device Component
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED: THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT: "FRACTURE OF THE TIBIAL AND FEMORAL STEMS LESS THAN TWO YEARS AFTER PROSTHESIS PLACEMENT. DURING REVISION SURGERY, FRACTURE OF THE IMPLANTS AND VERY SIGNIFICANT METALLOSIS WITHIN THE KNEE WERE OBSERVED. IMPLANTATION DATE: (B)(6) 2024; DATE OF EXPLANTATION: (B)(6) 2026."
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Foreign Body Reaction; Metal Related Pathology; Osteolysis
MAUDE report 24505309 ↗InjuryNov 14, 2023Malposition of Device; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Malposition of Device; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
REAMER CONTACTED WITH BONE PIN WHICH WAS PLACED IN TIBIA. IMPLANT WAS INSERTED. BUT IMPLANTS WHICH WERE PLACED IN TIBIA AND FEMUR WERE REMOVED DURING CURING OF CEMENT BECAUSE THESE IMPLANTS PLACED INTERNAL ROTATION. AT THAT TIME, POSTERIOR THIGH BONE AND ANTERIOR TIBIA WERE FRACTURED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE REAMER AND PIN CONTACTED, CAUSING IT TO REAM TOWARD A PLACE IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE WHICH CAUSED THE INTERNAL ROTATION. X-RAY SHOWS THERE WAS NO FRACTURE LOCATED AT THE TIBIAL BONE PIN SITE.
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)
MAUDE report 18130451 ↗InjuryAug 17, 2021Loss of Osseointegration; Loss of Osseointegration
AS REPORTED: "PATIENT IS A 57-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WHO PREVIOUSLY UNDERWENT RIGHT TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT - OUTSIDE CORS SCOPE (ROI IN 2016). SHE UNDERWENT REVISION FOR TIBIAL COMPONENT LOOSENING (B)(6) 2017, ALL COMPONENTS REVISED. PATIENT REQUIRED A SECOND REVISION DUE TO ASEPTIC LOOSENING OF FEMORAL COMPONENT PERFORMED IN (B)(6) 2020. ALL COMPONENTS WHERE EXCHANGED." AN OP REPORT WAS PROVIDED WHICH CITED ASEPTIC LOOSENING OF THE TIBIA, AND "AROUND THE FEMUR, THERE WAS ALSO EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF BONE LOSS AND THE FEMUR APPEARED TO BE ALSO LOOSE. WE THEREFORE DECIDED TO REMOVE BOTH COMPONENTS..."
Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration; Inflammation
MAUDE report 12334639 ↗InjuryJul 23, 2019Osseointegration Problem; Osseointegration Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT'S RIGHT KNEE WAS REVISED DUE TO STEM LOOSENING. AS A RESULT, THE STEM WAS BUTTRESSING AGAINST THE CORTEX. THE FEMORAL COMPONENT, STEM AND LINER WERE REVISED. REP REPORTED HE MAY BE ABLE TO OBTAIN X-RAYS AND OPERATIVE REPORT, AND REPORTED THAT NO FURTHER INFORMATION WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration; Injury
MAUDE report 8816447 ↗InjuryJul 23, 2019Osseointegration Problem; Insufficient Device Problem Information; Osseointegration Problem; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT'S RIGHT KNEE WAS REVISED. REASON FOR REVISION UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF REPORT. A FEMORAL COMPONENT WAS REVISED. UPDATE (B)(6) 2019 GG: IT WAS STATED "17X100 FLUTED STEM WAS USED ON THE FEMUR. THE REASON FOR THE REVISION WAS FEMORAL COMPONENT LOOSENING WHICH CAUSED THE STEM TO PISTON AGAINST THE CORTEX".
Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration; Injury
MAUDE report 8816446 ↗
Other PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER devices
- ATTUNE 1512-14-050Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER106 reports
- ATTUNE 1504-40-205Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER1 recall53 reports
- ATTUNE 1504-40-105Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER1 recall46 reports
- ATTUNE 1547-06-001Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER1 recall37 reports
- ATTUNE 1513-12-060Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER72 reports
- Triathlon 5521-B-300Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER1 recall19 reports
- Triathlon 5531-G-709-EHowmedica Osteonics Corp. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER1 recall19 reports
- ATTUNE 1512-16-080Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER1 recall16 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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