FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TAPERLOC MICROP FMRL 7.5MM

MDR report key: 10031988 · Received May 7, 2020

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2020-01925
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 7, 2020
Date of Event
January 20, 2020
Report Date
September 3, 2020
Manufacturer
ZIMMER BIOMET, INC.
Product Code
JDI
PMA / PMN Number
NI
Removal / Correction Number
NI
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
DE, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS WERE UPDATED/CORRECTED UPDATED: D1; D2; D4; G3; G4; G5; H2; H3; H4; H6 REPORTED EVENT WAS CONFIRMED. MEDICAL RECORDS/RADIOGRAPHS WERE PROVIDED AND REVIEWED BY A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL. REVIEW OF THE AVAILABLE RECORDS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING: (SUMMARIZED BY HCP) DX: PAINFUL LEFT THA, PROBABLE METALLOSIS, BROKEN FIXATION SCREW. WORKUP FOR INFECTION NEGATIVE, CRP <5.0, METAL IONS ELEVATED, MRI SHOWED FLUID COLLECTION WITH AN OVERALL APPEARANCE OF METALLOSIS. LARGE AMOUNT OF DARK SANGUINEOUS FLUID PRESENT, MODERATE METAL STAINING IN THE SYNOVIAL TISSUES AND BONE SURFACE OF THE ACETABULUM, RIM SCREW BROKEN, SCANT IF ANY OSSEOUS INTEGRATION ON THE BACK OF THE ACETABULUM, FEMORAL COMPONENT WELL FIXED. MODEST TO MODERATE WEAR ON THE TRUNNION AND METALLIC DEBRIS WITHIN THE FEMORAL HEAD SUGGESTED THAT TRUNNIONOSIS WAS INDEED THE LIKELY CAUSE OF METAL DEBRIS. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS IDENTIFIED NO DEVIATIONS OR ANOMALIES DURING MANUFACTURING. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED IF ANY FURTHER INFORMATION IS FOUND WHICH WOULD CHANGE OR ALTER ANY CONCLUSIONS OR INFORMATION, A SUPPLEMENTAL WILL BE FILED ACCORDINGLY. ZIMMER BIOMET WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR TRENDS.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON REPORTED EVENT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CONCOMITANT MEDICAL DEVICES: 15-105056-M2A 1 PC SHELL 38MMX56M-831000; 11-173666-M2A 38MM MOD HD +12MM NK SKRT- 140670. MULTIPLE MDR REPORTS WERE FILED FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE SEE ASSOCIATED REPORTS: 0001825034 - 2020 - 00398, 0001825034 - 2020 - 00399. CUSTOMER HAS INDICATED THAT THE PRODUCT WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO ZIMMER BIOMET FOR INVESTIGATION, PRODUCT LOCATION UNKNOWN. THE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROCESS. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED. PRODUCT LOCATION UNKNOWN.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY 12 YEARS POST IMPLANTATION DUE TO PAIN AND SUSPECTED METALLOSIS ON MRI. DURING THE REVISION, SIGNIFICANT BLACK STAINING FROM TRUNNIONOSIS WAS NOTED. THE ACETABULAR SHELL WAS REPLACED DUE TO A BROKEN RIM SCREW AND VERY LITTLE OSSEOINTEGRATION ON THE BACK OF THE SHELL. THE STEM WAS WELL-FIXED AND LEFT INTACT. ALL OTHER COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED WITHOUT COMPLICATION. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
496080 TAPERLOC MICROP FMRL 7.5MM PROSTHESIS, HIP JDI ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. N/A 374630

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R