FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BIOINTRAFIX SHEATH

MDR report key: 1061682 · Received June 16, 2008

Report

Report Number
1221934-2008-00305
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 16, 2008
Report Date
April 7, 2008
Manufacturer
DEPUY MITEK
Product Code
MBI
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

MITEK IS IN THE INFO GATHERING MODE. WHEN ALL THAT CAN BE HAD IS HAD AND EVALUATED, THE RESULTS OF THAT INVESTIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT OF THE FOLLOW-UP REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

OUR AFFILIATE REPORTS THAT A PT HAD A KNEE REPAIR SOMETIME IN 2005 OR 2006, WITH THE USE OF A BIOINTRAFIX SCREW AND SHEATH FOR TIBIAL FIXATION. APPROX 2 TO 3 YEARS LATER, IN 2008, THE PT PRESENTED WITH PAIN. AT APPROX THE SAME TIME FRAME, THE PT WAS EXAMINED, WE ASSUME THAT THE SITE WAS REVISITED SURGICALLY. THE SURGEON NOTED THAT THERE WAS "GRANULOSIS" AT THE SITE OF THE TIBIAL TUNNEL. THE SURGEON ALSO NOTED THAT THE SHEATH WAS NO LONGER PRESENT. THIS IS ALL OF THE INFO THAT HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE, THERE ARE QUESTIONS OUT TO THE COMPLAINT AUTHOR ASKING FOR FURTHER INFO.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BIOINTRAFIX SHEATH SOFT TISSUE FIXATION DEVICE MBI DEPUY MITEK 254621 0508273

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 22 YR Other| R