ATTUNE 1516-20-510Recalls & reported problems
Depuy (Ireland) · Attune Knee System TIBIAL INSERT FIXED BEARING CRUCIATE RETAINING 5 10mm AOX · Class 2 · Implant
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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 10603295045687), received between Sep 11, 2017 and Jan 8, 2024 — classified as 12 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (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 Problem9
- Device Dislodged or Dislocated1
- Naturally Worn1
- Unstable1
Patient problems
- Pain5
- No Code Available4
- Joint Laxity3
- Adhesion(s)2
- Discomfort1
- Hematoma1
- Insufficient Information1
- Joint Dislocation1
Recent adverse event reports
The 12 most recent of 12 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJan 8, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
SUBJECT ID: (B)(6); STUDY NO: DOTS. CLINICAL ADVERSE EVENT RECEIVED FOR ASEPTIC LOOSENING OF TIBIAL. EVENT IS SERIOUS AND IS CONSIDERED SEVERE. EVENT IS POSSIBLY RELATED TO DEVICE. EVENT IS NOT RELATED TO PROCEDURE. DATE OF IMPLANT: (B)(6) 2017, DATE OF EVENT: (B)(6) 2023 DATE OF REVISION:(B)(6) 2023, (LEFT KNEE). TREATMENT: REVISION; FEMORAL COMPONENT, TIBIAL, AND INSERT WERE REVISED.
Patient problems: Osteolysis; Synovitis
MAUDE report 18464578 ↗InjurySep 19, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT HAD POLY LINER REVISED FOR DUE TO INSTABILITY. SURGICAL DELAY UNKNOWN. DOI: (B)(6) 2018. DOR: (B)(6) 2023. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Joint Laxity
MAUDE report 17774328 ↗InjurySep 1, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED A WASHOUT WAS PERFORMED. DOI: UNKNOWN; DOR: (B)(6) 2022; LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 15340896 ↗InjuryJul 13, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT COMPLAINS OF KNEE BEING UNSTABLE. SURGEON AGREED THAT WITH HER LOSING 100LBS SHE FELT SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE. HE PROCEEDED WITH SURGERY AND FOUND ALL COMPONENTS WELL FIXED AND CHANGED HER POLY TO A LARGER THICKNESS. SUCCESSFUL SURGERY. DOI: (B)(6) 2020. DOR: (B)(6) 2021. RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Joint Laxity
MAUDE report 12160914 ↗InjuryFeb 3, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
CLINICAL NOTIFICATION RECEIVED FOR REVISION OF LEFT TOTAL KNEE TO ADDRESS INSTABILITY, WITH ANKYLOSIS AND ARTHROFIBROSIS PATIENT RECEIVED A LEFT KNEE REVISION AND LYSIS OF ADHESIONS TO TREAT PAIN, INSTABILITY, DECREASE IN JOINT FLEXION TO 95 DEGREES, ANKYLOSIS, AND ADHESIONS. UPON ENTERING THE JOINT, PERIARTICULAR EFFUSION WAS EVACUATED. EXTENSIVE DISTAL FEMORAL AND PATELLAR TENDON ADHESIONS WERE EXCISED WHICH INCREASED JOINT FLEXION TO 130 DEGREES. THE INSERT WAS REVISED TO TREAT THE MEDIAL LATERAL AND ANTERIOR JOINT LAXITY. THE FEMORAL COMPONENT, TIBIAL TRAY, AND PATELLA WERE WELL-FIXED AND RETAINED. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PRODUCT PROBLEM WITH THE REVISED TIBIAL INSERT. THE PATIENT WAS REVISED WITH A DEPUY INSERT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. DOI: (B)(6) 2019, DOR: (B)(6) 2020, LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Joint Laxity; Loss of Range of Motion; Muscular Rigidity; Pain; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 11272591 ↗InjuryDec 27, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO HEMATOMA AND FALL. DOI: UNKNOWN; DOR: (B)(6) 2019; RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Hematoma; No Code Available
MAUDE report 9525725 ↗InjuryDec 20, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF INSTABILITY IN BOTH FLEXION AND IN EXTENSION AFTER SEVERAL YEARS SINCE HER ORIGINAL SURGERY. PLAN WAS TO PUT IN A THICKER POLY, IF UNSUCCESSFUL A FULL REVISION WAS GOING TO BE PERFORMED. AFTER TRIALING SOME THICKER POLYS, A SIZE 16MM WAS FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY WITH A FULL RANGE OF FLEXION THROUGH EXTENSION. ONLY THE POLY WAS REMOVED. ALL OTHER IMPLANTS REMAINED. DOI: (B)(6) 2015; DOR: (B)(6) 2019; RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: No Code Available
MAUDE report 9505553 ↗InjuryNov 14, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT KNEE REVISION DUE TO PAIN, ADHESIONS, DIFFICULTY WALKING, AND A MIGRATED AND LOOSE TIBIAL TRAY AT THE CEMENT TO IMPLANT INTERFACE. THE PATELLA COMPONENT WAS NOT REVISED. TWO DEPUY CEMENT PRODUCTS WERE USED DURING THE PRIMARY OPERATION. DOI: (B)(6) 2015; DOR: (B)(6) 2016; LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); No Code Available; Pain
MAUDE report 9321775 ↗InjuryOct 29, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED AD 17 JUNE 2019. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A TIBIAL INSERT EXCHANGE OF THE RIGHT KNEE DUE TO PAIN, DISCOMFORT, AND INSTABILITY. DOI: (B)(6) 2016 DOR: (B)(6) 2017 RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Discomfort; No Code Available; Pain
MAUDE report 9249823 ↗InjuryOct 17, 2018Unstable; Unstable
LITIGATION ALLEGES KNEE REVISED TO ADDRESS PAIN AND INSTABILITY.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 7975625 ↗InjuryMar 22, 2018Naturally Worn; Naturally Worn
REVISION FOR: PAIN ON TIBIAL SIDE , AFTER 3 MONTHS OK. WHEN TIBIA BASE PLATE INSPECTED INTRA-OPERATIVELY FOUND TO BE LOOSE, WHEN REMOVED FROM PATIENT FOUND NO CEMENT ON IMPLANT. POLY WEAR. DOI: (B)(6) 2016; DOR: (B)(6) 2018; UNKNOWN KNEE.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 7361664 ↗InjurySep 11, 2017Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
THE DER INDICATES THAT SURGEON STATES THE PATIENT DISLOCATED HER KNEE POSTERIORLY POST-OPERATIVELY WHILE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. HE DID A REDUCTION UNDER ANESTHESIA AND FELT THE KNEE WAS STABLE. AFTER THE PATIENT LEFT THE HOSPITAL SHE DISLOCATED POSTERIORLY AGAIN WHILE GETTING OFF THE TOILET. SURGEON BROUGHT THE PATIENT TO THE OR FOR A REVISION. IT WAS DETERMINED INTRA-OP THAT THE MEDIAL SIDE OF THE KNEE JOINT OPENED UP 1CM. PRIMARY INSERTS WERE TRIALED AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CONVERT TO A TC3 RP KNEE FOR STABILITY.
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation
MAUDE report 6855596 ↗
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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