BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    ARTICULEZE M HEAD 36MM +5

    MDR report key: 1143625 · Received August 28, 2008

    Report

    Report Number
    1818910-2008-03639
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    August 28, 2008
    Date of Event
    August 12, 2008
    Report Date
    August 12, 2008
    Manufacturer
    DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910
    Product Code
    JDI
    PMA / PMN Number
    K980513
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    WA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THIS COMPLAINT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    EXAMINATION WAS NOT POSSIBLE, AS THE DEVICES WERE NOT RETURNED. A COMPLAINT DATABASE SEARCH FINDS NO OTHER REPORTED INCIDENTS AGAINST THE PROVIDED PRODUCT AND LOT CODES SINCE THEIR RELEASE FOR DISTRIBUTION. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT VERIFY OR IDENTIFY ANY EVIDENCE OF PRODUCT ERROR WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED EVENT. BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NOT INDICATED.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    EXAMINATION OF THE REPORTED DEVICES WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS THEY WERE NOT RETURNED. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINTS DATABASES IDENTIFIED OTHER REPORTS AGAINST THE FEMORAL HEAD AND STEM. PER PROCEDURE, THE FEMORAL HEAD IS EXEMPT FROM DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW. REVIEW OF THE FEMORAL STEM DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS FINDS NO RELATED MANUFACTURING DEVIATIONS OR ANOMALIES THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINTS DATABASES IDENTIFIED NO OTHER REPORTS AGAINST THE REMAINING PRODUCT/LOT CODE COMBINATION. MEDICAL RECORDS WERE RECEIVED AND REVIEWED. FROM THE INFORMATION REVIEWED IN THIS REPORT IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING FAULT. THE INVESTIGATION CAN DRAW NO CONCLUSIONS WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. BASED ON THE INABILITY TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS NOT BEEN INDICATED. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4).

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    PRODUCT COMPLAINT #: (B)(4). INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: NO DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED FOR EXAMINATION. THE INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE RETAINED FOR POTENTIAL SERIES INVESTIGATIONS IF TRIGGERED BY TREND ANALYSIS, POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE, OR OTHER EVENTS WITHIN THE QUALITY SYSTEM. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS LOOSENING AND SUBSIDENCE OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE METALOSIS.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    PPF ALLEGE METAL WEAR.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 ARTICULEZE M HEAD 36MM +5 87JDI & 87LPH JDI DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910 NA 2245897

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 54 YR Required Intervention