FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A 38MM MODULAR HEAD

MDR report key: 1183103 · Received October 3, 2008

Report

Report Number
1825034-2008-00248
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 3, 2008
Report Date
September 4, 2008
Manufacturer
BIOMET INC.
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
K011110
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE USER FACILITY IS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. NO MEDWATCH REPORT WAS RECEIVED. NO USER FACILITY INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT A CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS SHOW THAT LOT RELEASED WITH NO RECORDED ANOMALY OR DEVIATION. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVALUATION OF RETURNED DEVICE FOUND BEARING SURFACE EXHIBITED WEAR APPARENTLY DUE TO THIRD BODY ABRASIVE TRAPPED IN THE CLEARANCE. SOURCE OF THIRD BODY PARTICLES COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED DURING VISUAL EXAMINATION. BASED ON THE APPEARANCE OF THE DEVICE, WEAR RATES DID NOT APPEAR TO BE EXCESSIVE. THIS REPORT FILED NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR REVISION PROCEDURE DUE TO REPORTED PAIN. PRIOR TO THE REVISION PROCEDURE, THERE WAS AN UNCHARACTERISTIC LATE DISLOCATION OF HER CURRENT HIP PROSTHESIS. DURING THE REVISION PROCEDURE, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A CLEAR TISSUE ABNORMALITY. NO FURTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO DATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR REVISION PROCEDURE DUE TO REPORTED PAIN. PRIOR TO THE REVISION PROCEDURE, THERE WAS AN UNCHARACTERISTIC LATE DISLOCATION OF HER CURRENT HIP PROSTHESIS. DURING THE REVISION PROCEDURE, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A CLEAR TISSUE ABNORMALITY. NO FURTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO DATE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 M2A 38MM MODULAR HEAD PROSTHESIS, HIP COMPONENT KWA BIOMET INC. N/A 591630

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R