FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INION S-1 GRAFT CONTAINMENT SYSTEM PLATE

MDR report key: 1328973 · Received February 19, 2009

Report

Report Number
9710629-2009-00001
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 19, 2009
Date of Event
November 11, 2008
Report Date
January 27, 2009
Manufacturer
INION OY
Product Code
OJB
PMA / PMN Number
K071810
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRIMARY AIM OF THE PROCEDURE I.E., SOLID FUSION WAS SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVED, BUT RE-OPERATION WAS NEEDED 1.5 YEARS POST-OPERATIVELY TO SOLVE THE SWALLOWING PROBLEMS CAUSED BY MATERIAL DEGRADATION RELATED LOCAL SOFT TISSUE REACTION / FLUID ACCUMULATION (ADVERSE EVENT / ANTICIPATED RISK). IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT SEVERAL FOREIGN MATERIALS WERE USED TOGETHER IN THESE PROCEDURES (BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER, PEEK, AND BETA-TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE). THE DEGRADATION RELATED TISSUE REACTIONS TYPICALLY OCCUR EARLIEST APPROX 1.5 - 2 YRS POSTOPERATIVELY, I.E., WHEN THE IMPLANT DEGRADES, WHICH IS MOST LIKELY THE CAUSE OF THE MASSES SEEN. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IN THE INSTRUCTION FOR USE IN THE INION S-1 SYSTEM: IMPLANTATION OF FOREIGN MATERIALS CAN RESULT IN AN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE OR ALLERGIC REACTION. TRANSIENT LOCAL FLUID ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR IN STERILE CIRCUMSTANCES. MORE THAN 2000 INION S-1 PLATES HAVE BEEN SOLD SINCE THE PRODUCT WAS LAUNCHED 2005/2006. IDENTICAL CASES NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO INION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ACDF, C5-6. SOLID FUSION, BUT SWALLOWING DIFFICULTIES, ABNORMAL CYSTIC MASS (SAME SHAPE AND SIZE AS THE PLATE) AND LIQUID FORMATION 1.5 YEARS POST-OPERATIVELY. RE-OPERATION PERFORMED FOR CYST REMOVAL (INFLAMMATORY TISSUE). PT IS DOING FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INION S-1 GRAFT CONTAINMENT SYSTEM PLATE OJB: SPINAL INTERVERT. BODY FIXATION ORTH OJB INION OY * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 50 YR Hospitalization| O (BACITRACIN SOLUTION)| WOUND IRRIGATED WITH ANTIBIOTIC SOLUTION| 9MM PEEK SPACER WITH VITOSS SATURATED WITH BMA.