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P.F.C. SIGMA 1581-13-015Recalls & reported problems

Depuy (Ireland) · P.F.C. SIGMA TIBIAL INSERT FIXED BEARING CURVED 3 15mm GVF · Class 2 · Implant

All models of P.F.C. SIGMA (487)

Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10603295063353), received between Jul 31, 2020 and Jul 31, 2020 — classified as 1 injury.

51 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K033272, K241000); 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.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • No Code Available1
  • Unspecified Infection1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryJul 31, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    REVISION TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; (B)(6) 2020; DAIR PROCEDURE FOR INFECTION. WASHOUT BEARING CHANGE. EVIDENCE OF PRIOR PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE OF FEMUR. PRESENCE OF PLATE AND SCREWS AROUND PROSTHESIS DISTAL FEMUR. APPEARS PREVIOUS REVISION INVOLVING BEARING CHANGE AND ALSO PLATE AND SCREWS FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE PERI PROSTHETIC FRACTURE OF DISTAL FEMUR. PATIENT DATE OF BIRTH, PRIMARY SURGEON, HOSPITAL AND PREVIOUS SURGERY DATES INCLUDING OTHER DETAILS ARE UNKNOWN. PATIENT HAS NOT CONSENTED TO THE SHARING OF ANY INFORMATION INCLUDING THAT CONTAINED ON THIS DOCUMENT.

    Patient problems: No Code Available; Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 10351119 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K033272, K241000. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-0423-2014 · Nov 18, 2013 · Terminated
    SIGMA LCS HIGH PERFORMANCE" MBT PUNCH NONCEMENTED Size 4-7 HP M.B.T. Keel Punch Knee Instrument is used to prepare the proximal tibial canal geometry to accept the final or definit
  • Z-0415-2014 · Nov 18, 2013 · Terminated
    SIGMA LCS HIGH PERFORMANCE" MBT KEEL PUNCH NONCEMENTED Size 1-1.5 HP M.B.T. Keel Punch Knee Instrument is used to prepare the proximal tibial canal geometry to accept the final or
  • Z-0416-2014 · Nov 18, 2013 · Terminated
    SIGMA LCS HIGH PERFORMANCE" MBT KEEL PUNCH NONCEMENTED Size 2-3 HP M.B.T. Keel Punch Knee Instrument is used to prepare the proximal tibial canal geometry to accept the final or d
  • Z-0420-2014 · Nov 18, 2013 · Terminated
    SIGMA LCS HIGH PERFORMANCE" MBT PUNCH CEMENTED Size 4-7 HP M.B.T. Keel Punch Knee Instrument is used to prepare the proximal tibial canal geometry to accept the final or definitive
  • Z-0412-2014 · Nov 18, 2013 · Terminated
    SIGMA LCS HIGH PERFORMANCE" MBT KEEL PUNCH CEMENTED SIZE 1-1.5 HP M.B.T. Keel Punch Knee Instrument is used to prepare the proximal tibial canal geometry to accept the final or de
  • Z-0417-2014 · Nov 18, 2013 · Terminated
    SIGMA LCS HIGH PERFORMANCE" MBT KEEL PUNCH NONCEMENTED Size 4-7 HP M.B.T. Keel Punch Knee Instrument is used to prepare the proximal tibial canal geometry to accept the final or de
  • Z-0421-2014 · Nov 18, 2013 · Terminated
    SIGMA LCS HIGH PERFORMANCE" MBT PUNCH NONCEMENTED Size 1-1.5 HP M.B.T. Keel Punch Knee Instrument is used to prepare the proximal tibial canal geometry to accept the final or defin
  • Z-0418-2014 · Nov 18, 2013 · Terminated
    SIGMA LCS HIGH PERFORMANCE" MBT PUNCH CEMENTED Size 1-1.5 HP M.B.T. Keel Punch Knee Instrument is used to prepare the proximal tibial canal geometry to accept the final or definiti
  • Z-0414-2014 · Nov 18, 2013 · Terminated
    SIGMA LCS HIGH PERFORMANCE" MBT KEEL PUNCH CEMENTED Size 4-7 HP M.B.T. Keel Punch Knee Instrument is used to prepare the proximal tibial canal geometry to accept the final or defin
  • Z-0422-2014 · Nov 18, 2013 · Terminated
    SIGMA LCS HIGH PERFORMANCE" MBT PUNCH NONCEMENTED Size 2-3 HP M.B.T. Keel Punch Knee Instrument is used to prepare the proximal tibial canal geometry to accept the final or definit
  • Z-0413-2014 · Nov 18, 2013 · Terminated
    SIGMA LCS HIGH PERFORMANCE" MBT KEEL PUNCH CEMENTED Size 2-3 HP M.B.T. Keel Punch Knee Instrument is used to prepare the proximal tibial canal geometry to accept the final or def
  • Z-0419-2014 · Nov 18, 2013 · Terminated
    SIGMA LCS HIGH PERFORMANCE" MBT PUNCH CEMENTED Size 2-3 HP M.B.T. Keel Punch Knee Instrument is used to prepare the proximal tibial canal geometry to accept the final or definitive
  • Z-1158-05 · May 26, 2005 · Terminated
    Depuy P.F.C. SIGMA curved insert; polyethylene tibial insert, Sz 3, 8 mm; Ref 1581-13-008.
  • Z-1165-05 · May 26, 2005 · Terminated
    Depuy P.F.C. SIGMA curved insert; polyethylene tibial insert, Sz 4, 15 mm; Ref 1581-14-015.
  • Z-1188-05 · May 26, 2005 · Terminated
    Depuy P.F.C. SIGMA stabilized insert; polyethylene tibial insert, Sz 4, 17.5 mm; Ref 1581-24-017.

…and 36 more.

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