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Optetrak 244-03-03Recalls & reported problems

Exactech, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant

All models of Optetrak (336)

Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
4
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
4
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10885862063847), received between Feb 12, 2020 and Jan 7, 2025 — classified as 4 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth” (1 report).

3 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K033883); 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 16, 2026.

Reports received per month

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Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
  • Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth1
  • Unstable1

Patient problems

  • Failure of Implant3
  • Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available1
  • Joint Laxity1
  • Osteolysis1
  • Pain1
  • Scar Tissue1
  • Synovitis1

Recent adverse event reports

The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryJan 7, 2025Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth

    IT WAS REPORTED VIA LEGAL DOCUMENTATION THAT APPROXIMATELY 175 MONTHS AFTER A RIGHT KNEE REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE TO ADDRESS PROSTHESIS WEAR, FEMORAL LOOSENING, TIBIAL LOOSENING, SEVERE OSTEOLYSIS AND DESTRUCTION OF HER DISTAL FEMORAL METAPHYSIS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PAIN, INSTABILITY, AND SYNOVITIS. NO FURTHER ISSUES OR COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

    Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Joint Laxity; Osteolysis; Pain; Scar Tissue; Synovitis

    MAUDE report 21093818 ↗
  • InjuryFeb 28, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    AS REPORTED, THIS (B)(6) FEMALE PATIENT, WEIGHT (B)(6)., APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS POST INITIAL RIGHT SIDE TKA, PATIENT HAD A REVISION OF THE FEMORAL AND TIBIAL COMPONENTS, LATERAL RETINACULAR RELEASE, AND LATERAL PATELLA FACETECTOMY.

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant

    MAUDE report 13624648 ↗
  • InjuryNov 9, 2020Unstable; Unstable

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT A (B)(6) YO (DOB: (B)(6) ) PATIENT AT (B)(6) KG EXPERIENCED A RIGHT KNEE REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2014, DUE TO INSTABILITY. INITIAL SURGERY DATE WAS (B)(6) 2007. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT OR PATIENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant

    MAUDE report 10808456 ↗
  • InjuryFeb 12, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    AS REPORTED BY UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL JOINT REGISTRY (UKNJR), THIS (B)(6) Y/O, MALE PATIENT UNDERWENT PRIMARY TOTAL PROSTHETIC REPLACEMENT USING CEMENT OF THE RIGHT KNEE VIA MEDIAL PARAPATELLAR APPROACH ON (B)(6) 2013. THE INDICATION FOR THE INDEX PROCEDURE WAS OSTEOARTHRITIS. ON (B)(6) 2014, APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS POST IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION DUE TO INSTABILITY. FOLLOW-UPS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CANNOT BE PERFORMED FOR THIS COMPLAINT, INFORMATION WAS SUBMITTED AS COMPLETE BY THE UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL JOINT REGISTRY (UKNJR); THERE IS NO IDENTIFICATION OF FACILITIES OR SURGEONS. ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT AND/OR PATIENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. THESE DEVICES ARE USED FOR TREATMENT NOT DIAGNOSIS. BASED ON REVIEW OF ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE REPORTED EVENT IS RELATED TO ANY DEVICE DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING ISSUES. THE EVENT REPORTED WAS LIKELY THE RESULT OF PATIENT CONDITIONS. THERE HAS BEEN NO PATIENT MEDICAL HISTORY/INFORMATION PROVIDED; THEREFORE, THE PATIENT RISK/CLINICAL FACTORS CANNOT BE ASSESSED.

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant

    MAUDE report 9702050 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K033883. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-0584-2024 · Nov 21, 2023 · Open, Classified
    Exactech Optetrak Logic PS Knee System, Catalog Numbers: 02-012-35-5009
  • Z-0021-2022 · Aug 30, 2021 · Open, Classified
    OPTETRAK LOGIC Polyethylene Tibial Inserts, labeled as the following: a. OPTETRAK Logic PS Tibial Inserts, Product Line 02-012-35-XXXX; b. OPTETRAK Logic PSC Tibial Inser
  • Z-0906-2015 · Oct 9, 2014 · Terminated
    Optetrak Asymmetric Hi-Flex Posterior Stabilized Cemented Femorals, size 3, Catalog #244-02-03, Catalog #244-03-03. Usage:Femoral implants

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