ATTUNE 1516-50-912Recalls & reported problems
Depuy (Ireland) · ATTUNE KNEE SYSTEM TIBIAL INSERT ROTATING PLATFORM POSTERIOR STABILIZED SIZE 9 12mm AOX · Class 3 · Implant
All models of ATTUNE (1475)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295053033), received between Oct 8, 2019 and Aug 14, 2023 — classified as 2 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.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
Patient problems
- No Code Available1
- Scar Tissue1
- Unspecified Infection1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 14, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PRODUCTS WERE EXPLANTED DUE TO INFECTION TO THE RIGHT KNEE. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 17540481 ↗InjuryOct 8, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED 17 JUNE 2019 AND WERE REVIEWED 16 SEPTEMBER 2019 FOR MDR REPORTABILITY. ON (B)(6) 2017, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT TOTAL LEFT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY DUE TO END-STAGE PRIMARY OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE LEFT KNEE. IT WAS NOTED THE PATELLA WAS RESURFACED. THE SURGEON REPORTED NO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH THE ATTUNE KNEE. COMPETITOR¿S CEMENT WAS IMPLANTED IN THE PROCEDURE. ON (B)(6) 2017, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT KNEE REVISION DUE TO STIFFNESS, WITH REVISION OF THE TIBIAL INSERT. THE SURGEON REPORTED A LOT OF SCAR TISSUE THAT WAS RESECTED OUT. HE THEN REPORTED THE REMOVAL OF THE POLYETHYLENE LINER. THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE PATELLA, FEMORAL COMPONENT, NOR THE TIBIAL COMPONENT, AND THESE WERE NOT REVISED. THE SURGEON REPORTED NO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. ATTUNE TIBIAL INSERT WAS IMPLANTED IN THE PROCEDURE. DOI: (B)(6) 2017, DOR: (B)(6) 2017 (LT KNEE).
Patient problems: No Code Available; Scar Tissue
MAUDE report 9167418 ↗
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- ATTUNE 1518-20-035Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, mobile bearing342 reports
- P.F.C. SIGMA 96-0102Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, mobile bearing1 death319 reports
- ATTUNE 1518-20-041Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, mobile bearing308 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-10-007Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, mobile bearing284 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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