FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

NEXGEN LPS-FLEX ARTICULAR SURFACE

MDR report key: 11968781 · Received June 9, 2021

Report

Report Number
0001822565-2021-01565
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 9, 2021
Date of Event
May 21, 2021
Report Date
July 15, 2021
Manufacturer
ZIMMER BIOMET, INC.
Product Code
JWH
UDI-DI
00889024211131
PMA / PMN Number
K173057
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS HAVING PATELLAR PAIN DUE TO PRESSURE ON THEIR NATIVE PATELLA. THIS REQUIRED THE PATIENT TO UNDERGO A PATELLAR RESURFACING PROCEDURE DURING WHICH THE POLY WAS REVISED FIVE YEARS STATUS INDEX PROCEDURE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OR ALLEGATION OF FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION RELATED TO THE POLY AND THE POLY WAS NOT IDENTIFIED AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE PAIN BEING EXPERIENCED BY THE PATELLAR PAIN. THEREFORE, THIS REVISION WAS RELATED TO DISEASE PROGRESSION OF THE PATELLA. 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

FROM ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED, THE PATELLA RESURFACING SURGERY WAS PERFORMED DUE TO PATELLA PAIN FROM PRESSURE ON A PREVIOUSLY UN-RESURFACED PATELLA.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: LPS-FLEX GSF OPT SZ E-R, CATALOG #: 00-5764-015-52, LOT #: 63099325. ST PRC TIB PLT SIZE 3, CATALOG #: 00-5980-037-01, LOT #: 62992024. STEM IMPLANT 15MMDX75MM, CATALOG #: 00-5988-012-15, LOT #: 63260059. UNKNOWN BONE CEMENT, CATALOG #: UNKNOWN, LOT #: UNKNOWN. REPORT SOURCE: (B)(6). CUSTOMER HAS INDICATED THAT THE PRODUCT WILL NOT BE RETURNED. THE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROCESS. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT WAS REVISED FOR AN ARTICULAR SURFACE PROSTHESIS EXCHANGE, SYNOVECTOMY AND PATELLA RESURFACING. ATTEMPT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN MADE, BUT NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
865729 NEXGEN LPS-FLEX ARTICULAR SURFACE PROSTHESIS KNEE JWH ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. N/A 63214680 00889024211131

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R