P.F.C. SIGMA 96-2136Recalls & reported problems
Depuy (Ireland) · P.F.C. SIGMA TIBIAL INSERT ROTATING PLATFORM STABILIZED 3 (STAB) 22.5mm GVF · Class 3 · Implant
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Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 3
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 3
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295241294), received between Jul 23, 2020 and Jul 6, 2021 — classified as 3 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 Problem3
Patient problems
- Adhesion(s)1
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available1
- No Code Available1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJul 6, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A PRIMARY BILATERAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY TO ADDRESS SEVERE DEGENERATIVE GONARTHROSIS AND CHONDROMALACIA. THE PATELLA WAS RESURFACED AND DEPUY PRODUCTS WERE IMPLANTED WITH DEPUY CEMENT X 1 FOR EACH KNEE. THERE WERE NO INDICATED INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT KNEE REVISION TO ADDRESS PAIN AND TIBIAL TRAY SUBSIDENCE. THE SURGEON NOTED REMOVAL OF SCAR TISSUE. THE TIBIAL TRAY TIBIAL INSERT, AND FEMORAL COMPONENT WERE REVISED. THE PATELLAR COMPONENT WAS RETAINED. THERE WERE NO INDICATED INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. DOI: (B)(6) 2012, DOR: (B)(6) 2019, RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Pain
MAUDE report 12125942 ↗InjuryMay 6, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT'S KNEE WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS INFECTION. REMOVED IMPLANTS AND PLACED NEW IMPLANTS. LOOSENING IS UNKNOWN AND NO DELAY IN SURGERY REPORTED. UNKNOWN CEMENT MANUFACTURER. DOI: UNKNOWN, DOR: (B)(6) 2021, RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available
MAUDE report 11786212 ↗InjuryJul 23, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT POLY SWAP WAS PERFORMED DUE TO INSTABILITY AND REMOVAL OF CLUNKING LCS METAL BACKED PATELLA. DOI: (B)(6) 2017, DOR: (B)(6) 2020, RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: No Code Available
MAUDE report 10315450 ↗
Other Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, mobile bearing devices
- ATTUNE 1506-10-005Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, mobile bearing442 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-10-004Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, mobile bearing442 reports
- ATTUNE 1518-20-038Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, mobile bearing3 deaths393 reports
- LCS SIGMA 1294-33-130Depuy (Ireland) · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, mobile bearing1 recall310 reports
- 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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