Persona Trabecular Metal recallZ-2578-2026 · Zimmer, Inc. · initiated May 11, 2026
Open, Classified
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Why it was recalled
Firm received a complaint with no clinical impact in which a posterior augment was found within the distal augment package.
FDA root cause category: Labeling Change Control
What the company is doing
On May 11, 2026, the firm began notifying consignees via letters titled "URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL." Customers were instructed to review the notification and ensure affected personnel are aware of the contents. If you have affected product at your facility, assist your Zimmer Biomet sales representative and quarantine affected product. The sales representative will remove the affected product from your facility. If product has been further distributed, provide your customers with the recall notice and ensure documentation.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-2578-2026
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated by the company
- May 11, 2026
- Posted by the FDA
- Jun 24, 2026
- Recalling firm
- Zimmer, Inc.
- Quantity
- 12
- Product code
- MBH
- FDA submissions
- K181947, K191625, K210551
- Distribution
- Refer to the attached ZFA 2026-00088_Initial Consignee List and ZFA 2026-00088_Initial Distribution History containing the distribution and the identification of the affected consignees.
Product description
Brand Name: Persona Revision Product Name: Persona Revision Trabecular Metal Femoral Distal Augment Model/Catalog Number: 42-5572-066-10 Software Version: N/A Product Description: Persona Revision Trabecular Metal Femoral Distal Augment Size 9, 9+ 10mm Thicknes Component: N/A
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
Lot Code: Model No. 42-5572-066-10 ; UDI-DI (01)00889024561014(17)331103(10)66232947 ; Lot number 66232947
Devices named in this recall
1 device in the FDA device registry whose identifier appears in the recall's code information.
- Persona® Trabecular Metal® 42-5572-066-10Zimmer, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER1 recall0 reports
Product lines
Other devices under the same FDA submission
160 devices cleared under K181947, K191625, K210551 are not named by identifier in this recall. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.
- Persona® 42-5600-075-14Zimmer, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER46 reports
- Persona® 42-5566-062-10Zimmer, Inc. · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer + additive/metal/polymer + additive13 reports
- Persona® 42-5420-075-01Zimmer, Inc. · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer + additive/metal/polymer + additive13 reports
- Persona® 42-5420-071-02Zimmer, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER12 reports
- Persona® Trabecular Metal® 42-5450-005-12Zimmer, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER11 reports
- Persona® 42-5566-062-05Zimmer, Inc. · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer + additive/metal/polymer + additive10 reports
- Persona® Trabecular Metal® 42-5450-005-10Zimmer, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER10 reports
- Persona® 42-5603-135-13Zimmer, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER9 reports
- Persona® 42-5568-062-05Zimmer, Inc. · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer + additive/metal/polymer + additive9 reports
- Persona® Trabecular Metal® 42-5450-010-11Zimmer, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER9 reports
- Persona® 42-5046-058-02Zimmer, Inc. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER9 reports
- Persona® 42-5046-062-02Zimmer, Inc. · Prosthesis, knee, patellofemorotibial, semi-constrained, cemented, polymer + additive/metal/polymer + additive9 reports
Sources and updates
- Recall record: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026 · View the FDA recall notice ↗
- Devices: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Devices are linked when their identifier (with a valid check digit) appears in the recall's code information.
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.
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