Duracon 6478-6-705Recalls & reported problems
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Titanium Fluted Stem · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Duracon (58)
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 07613327045017), received between Jul 19, 2023 and Jul 19, 2023 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Detachment of Device or Device Component” (1 report).
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K223069, K973164); 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
Device problems
- Detachment of Device or Device Component1
Patient problems
- Insufficient Information1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJul 19, 2023Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component
SURGEON REPORTED THE NON-CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FEMORAL COMPONENT AND THE TAPROOT. POLIO PATIENT TREATED 3 MONTHS AGO FOR REVISION OF KNEE PROSTHESIS BY AFFIXING OF MRH SYSTEM. ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER THE OPERATION, THE PATIENT RETURNS FOR EXAMINATION AND THE COMPLETE DECOUPLING BETWEEN THE STEM AND THE FEMORAL COMPONENT IS DETECTED BY RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION. THE FEMORAL PART WAS REVISED USING THE GMRS SYSTEM.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 17350025 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K223069, K973164. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-0362-2016 · Sep 21, 2015 · TerminatedStryker Orthopaedics Duracon Flat Tibial Wedge Cemented use only Sterile. Tibial Wedge is a component of Total Stabilizer Knee which consists of femoral component, tibial insert, m
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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