FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN OSS LOCK PIN

MDR report key: 11100271 · Received December 31, 2020

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2020-04459
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 31, 2020
Date of Event
July 6, 2020
Report Date
December 30, 2020
Manufacturer
ZIMMER BIOMET, INC.
Product Code
JWH
PMA / PMN Number
N/A
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS : ITEM# 150392; OSS POROUS IM STEM 13.5 X 150; LOT# 987470. MULTIPLE MDR REPORTS WERE FILED FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE SEE ASSOCIATED REPORTS: 0001825034-2020-02876. THE LOCK PIN WAS NOT RETURNED OR PICTURES PROVIDED; VISUAL AND DIMENSIONAL EVALUATIONS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. REPORTED EVENT WAS CONFIRMED BY REVIEW OF MEDICAL RECORDS. DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) REVIEW WAS UNABLE TO BE PERFORMED AS THE LOT NUMBER OF THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE EVENT IS UNKNOWN. MEDICAL RECORDS WERE PROVIDED AND REVIEWED BY A HEATH CARE PROFESSIONAL. REVIEW FOUND PATIENT HAD PAIN, DIFFICULTY WITH ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING INCLUDING GETTING OUT OF A CHAIR, AMBULATING DISTANCES AND STAIRS. X-RAYS SHOW FEMORAL STEM FRACTURE. INTRA-OP NOTES FOUND THE LOCK PIN WAS ALSO BROKEN AND EVIDENCE OF METALLOSIS IN THE KNEE TISSUE AND SYNOVIUM. FEMORAL COMPONENT WAS GROSSLY LOOSE AND EASILY REMOVED WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OSTEOLYSIS. TIBIA WAS WELL FIXED. NO COMPLICATIONS NOTED. ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. IF ANY FURTHER INFORMATION IS FOUND WHICH WOULD CHANGE OR ALTER ANY CONCLUSIONS OR INFORMATION, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED ACCORDINGLY. ZIMMER BIOMET WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR TRENDS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL LEFT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT WAS REVISED AS THE FEMORAL STEM AND LOCKING PIN BROKE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1567093 UNKNOWN OSS LOCK PIN PROSTHESIS, KNEE JWH ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. N/A UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R