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P.F.C. SIGMA 96-0524Recalls & reported problems

Depuy (Ireland) · P.F.C. SIGMA TIBIAL INSERT FIXED BEARING TC3 2.5 20mm · Class 2 · Implant

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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 10603295233084), received between Jun 16, 2021 and Jun 16, 2021 — classified as 1 injury.

8 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K241000, K952830); 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

  • Adhesion(s)1
  • Joint Laxity1
  • Pain1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryJun 16, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PATIENT RECEIVED A SECOND LEFT KNEE REVISION TO ADDRESS PAIN, INSTABILITY, REMOVAL OF FIBROUS TISSUE, AND PATELLAR TENDON REPAIR. ALL PRODUCTS WERE REVISED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PATELLAR COMPONENT, WHICH WAS RETAINED. THE PATIENT WAS REVISED WITH COMPETITOR FEMORAL COMPONENT AND UNIVERSAL SLEEVE, DEPUY TIBIAL TRAY, STEM, AND INSERT, AND DEPUY CEMENT. THERE WERE NO INDICATED INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. DOI: (B)(6) 2017 (PATELLA). DOI: (B)(6) 2018 (COMPETITOR CEMENT, INSERT, TIBIA AND FEMUR - CAPTURED IN (B)(4)). DOR2: (B)(6) 2019. LEFT KNEE.

    Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Joint Laxity; Pain

    MAUDE report 12010133 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K241000, K952830. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-2949-2018 · Jul 18, 2018 · Terminated
    P.F.C. SIGMA Revision Knee System Distal Augment, Model Number 960830
  • Z-0398-2008 · Sep 27, 2007 · Terminated
    Depuy P.F.C. E Knee System Depuy P.F.C. E Knee System TC3 Tibial Insert, 2.5, 17.5mm, 67 mm M/L, 45 mm A/P, UHMWPE/Ti-6AI-4V, sterile; Product Code/REF 96-0523.
  • Z-0397-2008 · Sep 27, 2007 · Terminated
    Depuy P.F.C. E Knee System TC3 Tibial Insert, 2.5, 15.0mm, 67 mm M/L, 45 mm A/P, UHMWPE/Ti-6AI-4V, sterile; Product Code/REF 96-0522.
  • Z-0399-2008 · Sep 27, 2007 · Terminated
    Depuy P.F.C. E Knee System TC3 Tibial Insert, 2.5, 30.0mm, 67mm M/L, 45 mm A/P, 30.0 mm, UHMWPE/Ti-6AI-4V, sterile; Product Code/REF 96-0527.
  • Z-0401-2008 · Sep 27, 2007 · Terminated
    Depuy P.F.C. E Knee System TC3 Tibial Insert, 5, 12.5mm, 83mm M/L, 55mm A/P, UHMWPE/Ti-6AI-4V, sterile; Product Code/REF 96-0551.
  • Z-0400-2008 · Sep 27, 2007 · Terminated
    Depuy P.F.C. E Knee System TC3 Tibial Insert, 4, 20.0mm, 75mm M/L, 51mm A/P, UHMWPE/Ti-6AI-4V, sterile; Product Code/REF 96-0544.
  • Z-0396-2008 · Sep 27, 2007 · Terminated
    Depuy P.F.C. E Knee System TC3 Tibial Insert, 2.5, 12.5mm, 67 mm M/L, 45 mm A/P, UHMWPE/Ti-6AI-4V, sterile; Product Code/REF 96-0521.
  • Z-1369-04 · Dec 22, 2003 · Terminated
    P.F.C. Knee System 7 Fluted Femoral Stem 18mmX125mm REF 96-1703

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