ATTUNE 1516-40-306Recalls & reported problems
Depuy (Ireland) · Attune Knee System TIBIAL INSERT FIXED BEARING POSTERIOR STABILIZED 3 6mm AOX · Class 2 · Implant
All models of ATTUNE (1475)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 9
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 9
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 9 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295049654), received between Mar 28, 2018 and Apr 8, 2026 — classified as 9 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (1 report).
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K111433, K233980); 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.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem7
- Device Dislodged or Dislocated1
- Naturally Worn1
Patient problems
- No Code Available6
- Pain6
- Adhesion(s)4
- Edema1
- Joint Dislocation1
- Joint Laxity1
- Neurological Deficit/Dysfunction1
- Weakness1
Recent adverse event reports
The 9 most recent of 9 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryApr 8, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT REVISED DUE TO SURGEON SUSPICION OF INSTABILITY. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT.
Patient problems: Joint Laxity
MAUDE report 24815728 ↗InjurySep 17, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
COMPASS CASE (B)(4) REPORT: THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO PAIN. THE PHYSICIAN REVISED FEMUR COMPONENTS TO CRS WITH STEM. DOI: (B)(6) 2017, DOR: (B)(6) 2021: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 12487175 ↗InjuryJan 11, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PRIMARY OPERATIVE NOTES (B)(6) 2016 INDICATE THE PATIENT RECEIVED A RIGHT TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT DUE TO END STAGE OSTEOARTHRITIS. THE PATELLA WAS RESURFACED, AND DEPUY CEMENT WAS UTILIZED X2. THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT INDICATION OF COMPLICATION BY THE SURGEON. REVISION OPERATIVE NOTES (B)(6) 2019 INDICATE THE PATIENT RECEIVED A RIGHT TOTAL KNEE REVISION DUE TO PAIN AND LOOSENING OF THE TIBIAL COMPONENT AT THE CEMENT TO IMPLANT INTERFACE. UPON ENTERING THE JOINT, SCAR TISSUE WAS ENCOUNTERED AND REMOVED. ALL IMPLANTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PATELLA WERE REVISED. THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED. DOI: (B)(6) 2016, DOR: (B)(6) 2019, RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Pain
MAUDE report 11148274 ↗InjuryAug 11, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
COMPLAINT DESCRIPTION: PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS A STIFF KNEE.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Edema; No Code Available; Pain
MAUDE report 10392197 ↗InjuryMay 29, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO PAINFUL KNEE. DOI: (B)(6) 2017. DOR: (B)(6) 2020; LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: No Code Available; Pain
MAUDE report 10102596 ↗InjuryDec 16, 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 AND INSTABILITY. THE SURGEON NOTED REMOVAL OF ADHESIONS AND HETEROTOPIC BONE AROUND THE PATELLA. THE PATELLA COMPONENT WAS NOT REVISED. THE SURGEON ALSO NOTED SCLEROTIC SURFACES. COMPETITOR CEMENT WAS USED DURING THE PRIMARY OPERATION. DOI: (B)(6) 2016; DOR: (B)(6) 2018; LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); No Code Available; Pain
MAUDE report 9475320 ↗InjuryNov 15, 2019Naturally Worn; Naturally Worn
THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT KNEE REVISION DUE TO PAIN, ARTHROFIBROSIS, ADHESIONS, DECREASED RANGE OF MOTION, STIFFNESS, AND TIBIAL INSERT WEAR CAUSED BY ECTOPIC CEMENT FROM THE FEMUR. THE SURGEON NOTED ONE LARGE PIECE OF CEMENT AND SEVERAL SMALLER PIECES THAT WERE REMOVED. ONE FRAGMENT OF CEMENT LOCATED AT THE TIP OF THE MEDIAL CONDYLE WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE WOUND AND DID NOT APPEAR TO BE SOMETHING WHICH COULD CAUSE SYMPTOMS, ACCORDING TO THE SURGEON, AND WAS LEFT IN PLACE. THE TIBIAL INSERT AND LOOSE CEMENT PARTICLES WERE THE ONLY PRODUCTS REVISED. TWO DEPUY CEMENT PRODUCTS WERE USED DURING THE PRIMARY OPERATION. DOI: (B)(6) 2014; DOR: (B)(6) 2016; LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); No Code Available; Pain
MAUDE report 9332348 ↗InjuryNov 1, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
CLINICAL ADVERSE EVENT RECEIVED FOR PARTIAL MOTOR WEAKNESS OF RIGHT ANKLE DORSIFLEXORS ASSOCIATED WITH CORRECTION OF VALGUS DEFORMITY AND A PRESUMED COMMON PERONEAL NERVE PALSY. EVENT IS NOT RELATED TO DEVICE AND IS RELATED TO PROCEDURE. EVENT IS CONSIDERED ONGOING; PHYSICAL THERAPY ORDERED.
Patient problems: Neurological Deficit/Dysfunction; No Code Available; Weakness
MAUDE report 8029155 ↗InjuryMar 28, 2018Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED 1-MAR-2018. AFTER REVIEW OF THE MEDICAL RECORDS FOR MDR REPORTABILITY, THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2015 WITH A RIGHT KNEE. SHE SUSTAINED A POSTERIOR DISLOCATION IN (B)(6) 2017 AND HAD A CLOSED REDUCTION. SHE HAD AN ADDITIONAL POSTERIOR DISLOCATION AND THEN UNDERWENT A REVISION OF THE TIBIAL INSERT ON (B)(6) 2017. INSTABILITY WAS ALSO NOTED. DOI: (B)(6) 2015 DOR: (B)(6) 2017 (RIGHT KNEE).
Patient problems: Joint Dislocation; No Code Available
MAUDE report 7377304 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K111433, K233980. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1267-2023 · Feb 15, 2023 · Open, ClassifiedAttune Posterior (PS) Fixed Bearing (FB) Tibial Insert SZ5 7MM, Part Number 151640507
Other Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer + additive/metal/polymer + additive devices
- iTotal® PS TPS111111102Conformis, Inc. · Prosthesis, Knee, Patellofemorotibial, Semi-Constrained, Cemented, Polymer + Additive/Metal/Polymer + Additive327 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-00-006Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer + additive/metal/polymer + additive287 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-00-008Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer + additive/metal/polymer + additive233 reports
- iTotal® Cruciate Retaining (CR) Knee Replacement System TCR121111102Conformis, Inc. · Prosthesis, Knee, Patellofemorotibial, Semi-Constrained, Cemented, Polymer + Additive/Metal/Polymer + Additive150 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-70-007Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer + additive/metal/polymer + additive1 recall2 deaths74 reports
- ATTUNE 1516-40-506Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer + additive/metal/polymer + additive121 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-70-006Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer + additive/metal/polymer + additive1 recall70 reports
- ATTUNE 1516-40-605Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer + additive/metal/polymer + additive120 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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