Truliant 02-022-51-3017Recalls & reported problems
Exactech, Inc. · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Truliant (414)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
1 open recall names this device. See the recall details and contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 0
- Recalls naming it
- 1
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10885862307675), received between Mar 14, 2025 and Mar 14, 2025 — classified as 2 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Mechanical Problem” (2 reports).
1 FDA recall record name this device's identifier, 1 still open.
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
Recalls naming this device
- Aug 30, 2021Class IIOpen, Classified
Inserts were packaged in vacuum bags that lacked an additional oxygen barrier layer.
Z-0023-2022 · Root cause: Process control · Recall details · FDA record ↗
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Mechanical Problem2
Patient problems
- Insufficient Information2
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions2
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionMar 14, 2025Mechanical Problem; Mechanical Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A REVISION PROCEDURE OF A RIGHT TKA, THE SURGEON WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCK THE POLYETHYLENE INSERT INTO PLACE IN THE APPROPRIATE FASHION. THERE WAS OBVIOUS LOOSENESS AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPONENT. IT DID NOT APPEAR THAT THERE WAS OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE LOCKING MECHANISM ALTHOUGH THE SURGEON SUSPECTED THIS WAS LIKELY THE CASE GIVEN THE NEAR COMPLETE WEAR THROUGH OF POLYETHYLENE POSTERIORLY. ANOTHER NEW POLYETHYLENE WAS BROUGHT TO THE FIELD AS WELL. AGAIN, THE SURGEON WAS NOT ABLE TO SECURE THIS INTO PLACE USING THE STANDARD LOCKING MECHANISM. GIVEN THE INABILITY TO SECURE THE POLY, PLANS CHANGED TO A COMPLETE REVISION. THE SURGEON CAREFULLY REMOVED THE FEMORAL AND TIBIAL COMPONENTS. TIBIA AND FEMUR WERE REAMED. FULLY CEMENTED STEMS FOR TIBIA AND FEMUR WERE SELECTED. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT BONE LOSS CENTRALLY AND A CONE WAS PREPPED FOR LATER PLACEMENT. 10 MM POSTERIOR AUGMENTS USED LATERALLY. CEMENT RESTRICTORS USED IN BOTH FEMUR AND TIBIA. THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO A COMPETITOR¿S DEVICES. PATIENT WAS LAST KNOWN TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION FOLLOWING THE EVENT. NO DEVICE RETURNS AVAILABLE. THEY WERE SENT TO THE LAB AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT AT THE HOSPIT
Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21609870 ↗MalfunctionMar 14, 2025Mechanical Problem; Mechanical Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A REVISION PROCEDURE OF A RIGHT TKA, THE SURGEON WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCK THE POLYETHYLENE INSERT INTO PLACE IN THE APPROPRIATE FASHION. THERE WAS OBVIOUS LOOSENESS AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPONENT. IT DID NOT APPEAR THAT THERE WAS OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE LOCKING MECHANISM ALTHOUGH THE SURGEON SUSPECTED THIS WAS LIKELY THE CASE GIVEN THE NEAR COMPLETE WEAR THROUGH OF POLYETHYLENE POSTERIORLY. ANOTHER NEW POLYETHYLENE WAS BROUGHT TO THE FIELD AS WELL. AGAIN, THE SURGEON WAS NOT ABLE TO SECURE THIS INTO PLACE USING THE STANDARD LOCKING MECHANISM. GIVEN THE INABILITY TO SECURE THE POLY, PLANS CHANGED TO A COMPLETE REVISION. THE SURGEON CAREFULLY REMOVED THE FEMORAL AND TIBIAL COMPONENTS. TIBIA AND FEMUR WERE REAMED. FULLY CEMENTED STEMS FOR TIBIA AND FEMUR WERE SELECTED. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT BONE LOSS CENTRALLY AND A CONE WAS PREPPED FOR LATER PLACEMENT. 10 MM POSTERIOR AUGMENTS USED LATERALLY. CEMENT RESTRICTORS USED IN BOTH FEMUR AND TIBIA. THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO A COMPETITOR¿S DEVICES. PATIENT WAS LAST KNOWN TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION FOLLOWING THE EVENT. NO DEVICE RETURNS AVAILABLE. THEY WERE SENT TO THE LAB AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT AT THE HOSPIT
Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21609460 ↗
Other Prosthesis, Knee, Patellofemorotibial, Semi-Constrained, Cemented, Polymer/Metal/Polymer devices
- ATTUNE 1506-00-005Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER589 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-00-004Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER580 reports
- JOURNEY 74012812Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER502 reports
- JOURNEY 74011856Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER438 reports
- PERSONA™ 42-5099-094-00Zimmer, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER406 reports
- JOURNEY 74011857Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER388 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-00-007Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER288 reports
- ATTUNE 1506-00-003Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER271 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 · each recall links to the FDA recall notice
- 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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