LPS 1987-27-016Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 10 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295079354), received between Aug 31, 2017 and Feb 24, 2025 — classified as 10 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (3 reports).

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 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 10 most recent of 10 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryFeb 24, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PRODUCT IS SUBLICATING. THE PATIENT IS IN A LOT OF PAIN. THIS HAPPENS WHEN SHE SITS OR STANDS. THE DOCTOR CAN FILL IT AND IT MAKES A POPPING NOISE. SHE DOES POP IT BACK IN. PATIENT SHATTERED THE LOWER FEMUR ON HER LEFT LEG AT THE POINT WHERE IT MET HER ARTIFICIAL KNEE. SINCE THAT TIME, THE PATIENT HAS HAD MULTIPLE "PARTIAL DISLOCATIONS" WHERE THE KNEE FEELS LIKE IT POPS OUT AND THEN HAS TO BE PUSHED BACK INTO PLACE. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT. DOI:(B)(6) 2022.

  Patient problems: Joint Laxity; Pain

  MAUDE report 21445074 ↗
• InjuryOct 14, 2024Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT DISLOCATED A LPS UNIVERSAL DISTAL FEMORAL INSERT IMPLANT. PATIENT HAD FALLEN AND DISLOCATED INSERT. IT WAS REMOVED AND A NEW THICKER INSERT WAS IMPLANTED ALONG WITH A NEW XX-SMALL HINGE REPORT. DOI: (B)(6) 2024. DOR: (B)(6) 2024. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT HIP.

  Patient problems: Fall; Joint Dislocation

  MAUDE report 20439613 ↗
• InjurySep 1, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD AN IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT. NO LOOSENING. NO SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: (B)(6) 2022; DOR: (B)(6) 2022; AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 15340979 ↗
• InjuryJan 5, 2021Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO FEMORAL SIDE DISLOCATION. ORIGINAL SURGERY WAS ON (B)(6) 2020 SECOND REVISION WAS ON (B)(6) 2020 CAPTURED IN (B)(4). DOI: (B)(6) 2020, DOI: (B)(6) 2020 (TIBIAL INSERT AND SEGMENT), DOR: (B)(6) 2020, RIGHT KNEE.

  Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

  MAUDE report 11118110 ↗
• InjuryNov 30, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO PAIN. DOI: (B)(6) 2020. DOR: (B)(6) 2020. UNKNOWN KNEE.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 10923936 ↗
• InjuryNov 9, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO INFECTION. FEMORAL SIDE REVISION AS TIBIAL COMPONENTS REMAINED AS THEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED. A DUAL SET UP WAS USED WITH THOROUGH I&D AND PLACEMENT OF ANTIBIOTIC BEADS. IMPLANTS WERE INSERTED ON DIFFERENT DATES AS PATIENT HAD MULTIPLE SURGERIES. THE WHOLE DISTAL FEMUR WAS REPLACED INCLUDING THE PIN. DOI: (B)(6) 2017 (FEMORAL SLEEVE & STEM). (B)(6) 2019 (LPS ADAPTER & DISTAL FEMUR). (B)(6) 2020 (PATELLA & HINGED INSERT). DOR: (B)(6) 2020.

  Patient problems: No Code Available; Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 10809280 ↗
• InjurySep 24, 2020Adverse 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) 2020. RIGHT KNEE.

  Patient problems: No Code Available; Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 10584196 ↗
• InjuryOct 15, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS INSTABILITY. DOI: (B)(6) 2015; DOR: (B)(6) 2019; LEFT KNEE.

  Patient problems: No Code Available

  MAUDE report 9194374 ↗
• InjuryOct 18, 2018Fracture; Fitting Problem; Fracture; Fitting Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT LPS INSERT WAS UNDERSIZED ACCORDING TO SURGEON AND BEGAN TO LEVER WHICH LEAD TO DISLOCATION. UPON REMOVAL IT WAS DISCOVERED THE DISTAL POSTERIOR WAS FRACTURED ON THE POLY. DOI: UNKNOWN; DOR: (B)(6) 2018; RIGHT KNEE.

  Patient problems: Fall; Joint Dislocation

  MAUDE report 7977474 ↗
• InjuryAug 31, 2017Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  DER STATES THAT THE PATIENT DISLOCATED LPS FEMUR PROSTHESIS TKA. THE INSERT WAS STILL ENGAGED WITH THE FEMUR, HOWEVER, THE POST OF THE INSERT WAS DISLOCATED FROM THE MBT REVISION TIBIAL TRAY. PATIENT WAS BROUGHT TO SURGERY AND THE INSERT OR TKA WAS REDUCED. SURGEON CHOSE NOT TO CHANGE ANY OF THE COMPONENTS. PATIENT WAS A POOR REPORTER AND DOES NOT RECALL HOW OR WHEN THE KNEE DISLOCATED.

  Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

  MAUDE report 6833743 ↗