Truliant 02-022-51-5009Recalls & 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
- 5
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 5
- Recalls naming it
- 1
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10885862307873), received between Dec 3, 2021 and Oct 23, 2024 — classified as 5 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Naturally Worn” (5 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
- Naturally Worn5
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
- Insufficient Device Problem Information1
Patient problems
- Pain3
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available2
- Implant Pain2
- Insufficient Information2
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
- Discomfort1
- Failure of Implant1
- Loss of Range of Motion1
Recent adverse event reports
The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryOct 23, 2024Naturally Worn; Naturally Worn
LEGAL CASE ¿ USA (MASTER CASE NO. (B)(6). IT WAS REPORTED VIA LEGAL DOCUMENTATION THAT APPROXIMATELY 48 MONTHS AFTER A LEFT TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT HAS EXPERIENCED PROSTHESIS WEAR. NO FURTHER ISSUES OR COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THE SERIAL NUMBER 5917599 IS PART OF RECALL.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 20516027 ↗InjuryJun 17, 2024Naturally Worn; Naturally Worn
IT WAS REPORTED VIA LEGAL DOCUMENTATION THAT THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH AN TRULIANT DEVICE ON THE LEFT KNEE, WITH NO REVISION SURGERY REPORTED. IT IS STATED THE PATIENT HAS SUFFERED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES AND COMPLICATIONS: PAIN, STIFFNESS, DISCOMFORT, AND WEAKNESS WHICH IN TURN NEGATIVELY AFFECTED PLAINTIFF'S MOBILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. THERE WAS NO OTHER PATIENT/MEDICAL INFORMATION PROVIDED. NO X-RAYS OR IMAGES WERE PROVIDED. THERE IS NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Discomfort; Pain
MAUDE report 19550227 ↗InjuryOct 4, 2023Naturally Worn; Insufficient Device Problem Information; Naturally Worn; Insufficient Device Problem Information
AS REPORTED VIA LEGAL DOCUMENTATION THE PATIENT HAD A RIGHT REVISION ON (B)(6) 2022. THIS DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN EXPLANTED. THE PATIENT HAS SUFFERED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES AND COMPLICATIONS: JOINT PAIN, JOINT SWELLING AND STIFFNESS. THERE IS NO OTHER PATIENT DEMOGRAPHIC OR MEDICAL HISTORY AVAILABLE. THERE IS NO DEVICE RETURN. THERE ARE NO PHOTOS OR OTHER IMAGES OF THE DEVICE PROVIDED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THE PATIENT HAS FILED A COMPLAINT IN A MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION TITLED IN RE: EXACTECH POLYETHYLENE ORTHOPEDIC PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, MDL NO. 3044, AND PENDING IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. PER THE TRANSFER ORDER CREATING THIS MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION, ¿PLAINTIFFS¿ALLEGE THAT THEIR KNEE OR HIP REPLACEMENT DEVICES¿FAILED PREMATURELY BECAUSE OF DEGRADATION OF THE DEVICE¿S POLYETHYLENE COMPONENT, WHICH RESULTED IN THE PREMATURE REMOVAL (OR PLANNED REMOVAL) OF THE PROSTHESIS AT ISSUE.¿ BECAUSE THE PATIENT HAS FILED A SUIT IN THIS MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION, THE PATIENT APPEARS TO ALLEGE THAT THE PATIENT WAS INJURED AS A RESULT OF PREMATURE WEAR OF AN EXACTECH POLYETHYLENE DEVICE.
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Implant Pain; Insufficient Information; Loss of Range of Motion; Pain; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 17868326 ↗InjuryNov 10, 2022Naturally Worn; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Naturally Worn; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A MALE PATIENT, HAD AN INITIAL LEFT KNEE IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2019, AND UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2022, APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS 9 MONTHS POST THE INITIAL PROCEDURE. THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH PAIN AND SYNOVITIS. A NEW 9MM CRC INSERT WAS IMPLANTED AND HAD GOOD RANGE OF MOTION AND STABILITY AFTER SOME RELEASES WERE PERFORMED. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ISSUES DURING THE REVISION SURGICAL PROCEDURE. MINIMAL WEAR WAS NOTED BY THE SURGEON. THE PATIENT LEFT IN STABLE CONDITION. EXPLANTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR RETURN. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE.
Patient problems: Implant Pain; Pain; Synovitis
MAUDE report 15777542 ↗InjuryDec 3, 2021Naturally Worn; Naturally Worn
AS REPORTED, APPROXIMATELY 3 YRS POST THIS (B)(6) Y/O MALE PATIENT'S LTKA, THE PATIENT RETURNED WITH KNEE PAIN. PATIENT WAS BROUGHT BACK FOR POLY EXCHANGE AND NOTICED EXTREME POLY WEAR AND INFLAMMATION. EXCHANGED THE SIZE 5 9MM CRC POLLY FOR ANOTHER SIZE 5 9MM POLY. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT FINE AFTER THE PROCEDURE.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant
MAUDE report 12923795 ↗
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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