ATTUNE 1516-50-416Recalls & reported problems
Depuy (Ireland) · ATTUNE KNEE SYSTEM TIBIAL INSERT ROTATING PLATFORM POSTERIOR STABILIZED 4 16mm AOX · Class 3 · Implant
All models of ATTUNE (1475)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 4
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 4
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295052357), received between Jan 20, 2021 and Nov 6, 2024 — classified as 4 injuries.
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 Problem4
Patient problems
- Joint Laxity2
- Pain2
- Adhesion(s)1
- Fall1
- Unspecified Infection1
Recent adverse event reports
The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryNov 6, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED AD 29 OCT 2024: IT WAS REPORTED ON (B)(6) 2015: 54-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT RECEIVED AN ATTUNE RIGHT KNEE TKA TO TREAT DJD. THE PATELLA WAS RESURFACED AND DEPUY CEMENT X2 WAS UTILIZED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. REVISION SURGERY OCCURRED (B)(6) 2019: 57-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT RECEIVED A TOTAL RIGHT KNEE REVISION TO TREAT PAIN, GROSS INSTABILITY, AND LOOSENING OF THE TIBIAL TRAY. UPON ENTERING THE JOINT, THE SURGEON DEBRIDED SCAR TISSUE. THE TIBIAL TRAY WAS GROSSLY LOOSE AND DEBONDED AT CEMENT TO IMPLANT INTERFACE WITH MIGRATION INTO VARUS AND EXTENSIVE TIBIAL BONE LOSS, AND REVISED. SURGEONS NOT THERE WAS A PARTIALLY HEALED TIBIAL CONDYLE FRACTURE. THE FEMORAL COMPONENT WAS WELL-FIXED BUT REVISED. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PRODUCT PROBLEM WITH THE REVISED TIBIAL INSERT AND THE PATELLA WAS RETAINED. THE PATIENT RECEIVED A COMPETITOR REVISION CONSTRUCT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Joint Laxity; Pain
MAUDE report 20622172 ↗InjurySep 9, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION STATES THAT THE LEFT SIDE WAS THE OPERATIVE SIDE. THE SPACER WAS REVISED TO TREAT AN ONGOING INFECTION.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 20174635 ↗InjuryFeb 21, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO PAINFUL KNEE. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2023. AFFECTED SITE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 16409536 ↗InjuryJan 20, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
A. IN THE DER, LOOSENING WAS MARKED AS "YES" OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT BUT THE INTERFACE WAS MARKED AS "NOT APPLICABLE". PLEASE VERIFY IF THERE WAS REALLY LOOSENING. IF YES, AT WHAT INTERFACE DID THE LOOSENING OCCUR? B. PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT "LIGAMENT LOOSENING ISSUE" MEANS. WAS THE KNEE BECAME UNSTABLE OR THIS MEANS LOOSENING OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT? C. PLEASE CONFIRM IF THERE WERE ANY DEPUY INSTRUMENTATION THAT BROKE DURING SURGERY? IF YES, PLEASE PROVIDE THE DETAILS. ANSWER: YES THE LIGAMENTS WERE UNSTABLE BC OF THE FALL/FALLS PER THE DOCTOR. THE FEMUR COMPONENT WAS NOT LOOSE ON THE INTERFACE OR LOOSE. I MAY HAVE MISS MARKED THAT. NO INSTRUMENTS WERE BROKE.
Patient problems: Fall; Joint Laxity
MAUDE report 11200918 ↗
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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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