GMK Total Knee System 02.12.KA13RRecalls & reported problems
Medacta International SA · Femoral Component SPHERIKA Cemented S3+R · Class 2 · Implant
All models of GMK Total Knee System (31)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 3
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 3
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 07630345716224), received between Apr 24, 2025 and Aug 26, 2025 — classified as 3 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Appears to Trigger Rejection” (1 report).
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
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
- Device Appears to Trigger Rejection1
Patient problems
- Joint Laxity1
- Loss of Range of Motion1
- Medical device site infection1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 26, 2025Device Appears to Trigger Rejection; Device Appears to Trigger Rejection
THE PATIENT UNDERWENT TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY, WITH SUBSEQUENT POSTOPERATIVE HEALING DIFFICULTIES. AT THE MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP, THE PATIENT REPORTED WORSENING PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNAL INSTABILITY, ALONG WITH MARKED PAIN IN THE TIBIAL METAPHYSIS AND THE FEMOROPATELLAR JOINT. AT 11 MONTHS FROM THE PRIMARY, REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED IMPLANTING A SEMI-CONSTRAINED KNEE PROSTHESIS. INTRAOPERATIVE SAMPLES CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF CHRONIC PERIPROSTHETIC INFECTION.
Patient problems: Medical device site infection; Pain
MAUDE report 22894250 ↗InjuryMay 7, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
AT ABOUT 8 MONTHS AFTER PRIMARY, THE PATIENT CAME IN REPORTING INSTABILITY AND THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. THE SURGEON REVISED THE PATIENT FROM TO MORE COSTRAINED COMPONENTS AND THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY.
Patient problems: Joint Laxity
MAUDE report 21975203 ↗InjuryApr 24, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT REPORTED STIFFNESS. ABOUT 1 YEAR AND 1 MONTH AFTER THE PRIMARY SURGERY, THE STIFFNESS WAS TREATED UNDER ANESTHESIA WITH MANIPULATION, BUT NO COMPONENT WAS REVISED.
Patient problems: Loss of Range of Motion
MAUDE report 21897617 ↗
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 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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