MRH 6481-1-120Recalls & reported problems
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · MRH Knee Femoral Component · Class 2 · Implant
All models of MRH (35)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 12
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 12
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 12 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 07613327045154), received between Jul 20, 2018 and Aug 6, 2025 — classified as 12 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fracture” (8 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
- Fracture8
- Detachment of Device or Device Component3
- Osseointegration Problem2
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
- Break1
- Degraded1
- Loss of Osseointegration1
Patient problems
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties4
- Inadequate Osseointegration3
- Injury3
- Bone Fracture(s)2
- Insufficient Information2
- Pain2
- Failure of Implant1
- Joint Laxity1
Recent adverse event reports
The 12 most recent of 12 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 6, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM IIS 2023-001 INDICATES THE FOLLOWING: ARTHROFIBROSIS. NO COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED. LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Loss of Range of Motion
MAUDE report 22733062 ↗InjuryJan 6, 2025Degraded; Fracture; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Osseointegration Problem; Degraded; Fracture; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Osseointegration Problem
STEM-GUIDED CTEP: FATIGUE OF THE FEMORAL COUPLING SITE BETWEEN THE STEM AND FEMORAL IMPLANT. SIGNIFICANT METALLOSIS IN THE JOINT, THE COUPLING POINT BETWEEN THE STEM AND THE FEMORAL COMPONENT IS CLEARLY LOOSENED. AXIAL DEVIATION AND ROTATIONAL INSTABILITY OF APPROX. 15 DEGREES THE FEMORAL COMPONENT CAN BE SALVAGED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STEM (OP ENDOGAP (B)(6) 2024). THE IMPLANT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PATIENT AT THE PATIENT'S REQUEST.
Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration; Joint Laxity; Metal Related Pathology
MAUDE report 21080608 ↗InjuryMay 5, 2023Fracture; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Fracture; Detachment of Device or Device Component
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO A FRACTURED DISTAL FEMUR AND THE FEMORAL COMPONENT STEM WAS DISASSOCIATED FROM THE BODY OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT DUE TO IT BREAKING THROUGH THE THREADS OF THE STEM.
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)
MAUDE report 16874355 ↗InjurySep 14, 2022Fracture; Fracture
THE FOLLOWING WAS REPORTED: TAPER FRACTURE BETWEEN FEMUR AND STEM.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 15419128 ↗InjuryMay 26, 2022Loss of Osseointegration; Loss of Osseointegration
PATIENT HAD A LEFT KNEE SURGERY WHERE STRYKER COMPONENTS WERE IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2019. PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2020 FOR LOOSENING.
Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration; Pain
MAUDE report 14506081 ↗InjuryMay 14, 2022Fracture; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Fracture; Detachment of Device or Device Component
PATIENT STATED HE HAD A LEFT KNEE SURGERY ON JAN 01, 2020 (APPRX) WITH STRYKER IMPLANTS AND WAS REVISED ON MAY 2021 DUE TO CRACKED IMPLANT. PATIENT STATED THIS IS HIS 7TH LEFT KNEE SURGERY BUT IS UNSURE IF PREVIOUS ONES ARE STRYKER IMPLANTS. PATIENT STATED THAT HE IS NOW EXPERIENCING HIS KNEE CAP GOING TO THE SIDE WHEN HE WALKS WHICH MAKES HIM WANT TO TRIP. PATIENT IS NOT SURE IF HIS 2021 IMPLANTS ARE STRYKER IMPLANTS. THIS REPORT IS FOR HIS 2021 REVISION DUE TO CRACKED IMPLANT.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties
MAUDE report 14403144 ↗InjuryOct 13, 2020Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED VIA MEDWATCH REPORT MW5096317: "BROKEN PLATE."
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 10669933 ↗InjurySep 15, 2020Fracture; Fracture
IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT'S LEFT KNEE WAS REVISED. ORIGINAL PATIENT COMPLAINT WAS PAIN AND LIMB LENGTH DISCREPANCY. IT WAS FOUND INTRA-OPERATIVELY, THEN CONFIRMED IN A PRE-OPERATIVE X-RAY (AFTER THE PATIENT WAS OPENED) THAT THE LATERAL CONDYLE OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT WAS BROKEN. PATIENT'S ENTIRE KNEE WAS CONVERTED TO A COMPETITOR CONSTRUCT.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Failure of Implant; Pain
MAUDE report 10533716 ↗InjuryJul 10, 2020Fracture; Fracture
AXLE BREAK.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient
MAUDE report 10257882 ↗InjuryJan 9, 2020Fracture; Fracture
FRACTURE OF IMPLANTED MRH FEMORAL POSTERIOLATERAL METALL CONDYLE.
Patient problems: Injury
MAUDE report 9568181 ↗InjuryOct 16, 2018Osseointegration Problem; Osseointegration Problem
AS REPORTED: "PROCEDURE: THE PATIENT HAD A COMPLEX HISTORY REGARDING HIS LEFT KNEE. HAD AN INDEX TKA OUT OF CORS SCOPE, THEN HE HAD A NEUROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS THAT LED TO INSTABILITY DUE TO HYPEREXTENSION. HE HAD LEFT KNEE REVISIONS ON (B)(6) 2017. ALL COMPONENTS EXCHANGED. NOW IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FEMORAL COMPONENT WAS LOOSE AND UNDERWENT SECOND LEFT KNEE REVISION ON (B)(6) 2018. LONGER STEM AND CONE EXCHANGED, PATELLAR COMPONENT RETAINED. SOME COMPONENTS IN THE SECOND REVISION ARE OFF-LABEL USE".
Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration; Injury
MAUDE report 7971087 ↗InjuryJul 20, 2018Fracture; Fracture
BROKEN MRH FEMUR COMPONENT (LEFT KNEE). REVISION SURGERY AND REPLACMENT OF THE BROKEN COMPONENT.
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Injury
MAUDE report 7707788 ↗
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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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