Duracon 6742-4-222Recalls & reported problems
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Lipped Tibial Insert · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Duracon (58)
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 07613327049565), received between Sep 23, 2019 and Sep 23, 2019 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Detachment of Device or Device Component” (1 report).
3 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K021451, K032163, K032418); 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
- Detachment of Device or Device Component1
- Device Dislodged or Dislocated1
- Insufficient Device Problem Information1
- Material Erosion1
Patient problems
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
- Injury1
- Osteolysis1
- Pain1
- Subluxation1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjurySep 23, 2019Material Erosion; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Insufficient Device Problem Information; Material Erosion; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Insufficient Device Problem Information
RESOURCE COORDINATOR CALLED INQUIRING ABOUT A RECALL ON A PATIENT'S RIGHT KNEE REVISION DUE TO A FAILED IMPLANT. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. UPDATE 27-AUG-2019: AS PER LEGAL: IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PATIENT THAT HE UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON AN UNKNOWN DATE WHERE HE WAS IMPLANTED WITH AN UNKNOWN KNEE SYSTEM. IT IS FURTHER ALLEGED THAT HE UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2014 DUE TO PAIN WHERE HE WAS IMPLANTED WITH A STRYKER ARTICULAR INSERT AND CEMENT SIMPLEX HV WITH GENTAMICIN WAS USED.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Injury; Osteolysis; Pain; Subluxation
MAUDE report 9105398 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K021451, K032163, K032418. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-0916-2024 · Dec 1, 2023 · Open, ClassifiedDURATION A-P LIPPED TIB.INSERT-DURAC Intended for knee replacement Product Number: 6642-1-709
- Z-0917-2024 · Dec 1, 2023 · Open, ClassifiedDURATION A-P LIPPED TIB.INSERT-DURAC Intended for knee replacement Product Number: 6642-1-911
- Z-0918-2024 · Dec 1, 2023 · Open, ClassifiedDURATION PLASTIC PATELLA-DURACON Intended for knee replacement Product Number: 6642-2-200
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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