SIGMA 1960-65-500Recalls & reported problems
Depuy (Ireland) · SIGMA FEMORAL POSTERIOR STABILIZED LUGGED CEMENTED SIZE 5 LEFT · Class 3 · Implant
All models of SIGMA (380)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 7
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 7
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 7 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295075318), received between May 29, 2018 and Jan 28, 2025 — classified as 7 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Insufficient Device Problem Information” (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 Problem6
- Insufficient Device Problem Information1
Patient problems
- Unspecified Infection5
- Pain2
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available1
- No Code Available1
- Not Applicable1
Recent adverse event reports
The 7 most recent of 7 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJan 28, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO INFECTION. HE HAS SIGMA RP'S ON BOTH KNEES AND A SHOULDER REPLACEMENT AS WELL. ASPIRATION OF THE KNEE GREW C ACNES. PATIENT EXPERIENCING PAIN. SURGEON WAS REMOVING THE LEFT TKA TODAY AND REPLACING WITH A SPACER (ATTUNE CR FEMUR WITH ATTUNE CR RP INSERT CEMENTED INTO THE TIBIA). ACTIVITY LEVEL - YES. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2025. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Pain; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 21253265 ↗InjuryNov 12, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO INFECTION OF JOINT. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: (B)(6) 2019; DOR: (B)(6) 2024; AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 20662631 ↗InjuryNov 13, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT IS REVISED DUE TO INFECTION. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: (B)(6) 2020. DOR; (B)(6) 2023. AFFECTED SIDE: UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 18124123 ↗InjuryJul 12, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO INFECTION. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND A COMPLETE REVISION WAS DONE SINGLE STAGE. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY REPORTED. DOI: (B)(6) 2021. DOR: (B)(6) 2022. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 14985936 ↗InjuryFeb 9, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS INFECTION. DOI: (B)(6) 2020, DOR: (B)(6) 2021, LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available
MAUDE report 11300802 ↗InjuryJan 15, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT HAD A TKA ON (B)(6) 2019 WHICH BECAME INFECTED. ON (B)(6) 2019 HE HAD ALL IMPLANTS REMOVED AND A SPACER PLACED. THE SPACER WAS A FEMUR IMPLANT AND INSERT CEMENTED INTO PLACE. THE SPACER WAS PLACED AND A TC3 REVISION KNEE WAS PLACED. DOI: (B)(6) 2019. DOR: (B)(6) 2019, LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: No Code Available; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 9591178 ↗InjuryMay 29, 2018Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
DER STATES THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH ANTERIOR PAIN AND MID-FLEXION INSTABILITY. REMOVED TIBIAL INSERT, FEMORAL AND TIBIAL COMPONENTS. BOTH FEMORAL AND TIBIAL COMPONENTS APPEARED SOLIDLY FIXED UPON GROSS EXAMINATION, AND REQUIRED EXTENSIVE USE OF OSTEOTOMES AND MINI-SAWS TO LOOSEN FOR REMOVAL. ALTHOUGH THE TIBIAL TRAY SHOWED LITTLE CEMENT ATTACHMENT ON THE UNDERSIDE UPON REMOVAL (PICTURES ATTACHED), I CANNOT TELL IF THAT WAS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE OSTEOTOMES AND SAWS. THE FEMORAL COMPONENT EXHIBITED SIGNS OF CEMENT ATTACHMENT, ALTHOUGH EXPOSURE DID NOT ALLOW FULL EXPLORATION OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FEMORAL IMPLANT. RE-IMPLANTED SIZE 5 TC-3 FEMORAL WITH 2 EACH 4 MM POSTERIOR AUGMENTS, AND SHORT CEMENTED STEM, MBT WITH 30 MM CEMENTED STEM AND 53 MM METAPHYSEAL SLEEVE, AND A 15 MM TC-3 INSERT. DOI: (B)(6) 2017; DOR: (B)(6) 2018; LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Not Applicable; Pain
MAUDE report 7548773 ↗
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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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