FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SKELETAL DYNAMICS

MDR report key: 14961263 · Received July 8, 2022

Report

Report Number
3006742481-2022-00005
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 8, 2022
Date of Event
June 8, 2022
Report Date
July 8, 2022
Manufacturer
SKELETAL DYNAMICS INC.
Product Code
KWI
PMA / PMN Number
K172688
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED COMPLIACATIONS WITH A RADIAL HEAD PROSTHESIS THAT WAS IMPLANTED IN 2014. THE PATIENT REGULARLY PLAYED TENNIS AND IT APPEARS THIS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS FAILURE. THE IFU FOR THIS IMPLANT STATES " THE PATIENT MUST BE CAUTIONED, PREFERABLY IN WRITING, ABOUT THE USE, LIMITATIONS AND POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THIS DEVICE INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVICE OR TREATMENT FAILURE AS A RESULT OF STRESS, EXCESSIVE ACTIVITY, WEIGHT BEARING, OR LOAD BEARING." THIS INDICATES THAT THE IMPLANT MOST LIKELY FAILED DUE TO STRENUOUS ACTIVITY OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

A 59 YEAR OLD FEMALE PATIENT REPORTED PAIN IN HER ELBOW. X-RAYS REVEALED THE ALIGN RADIAL HEAD PROSTHESEIS SHEARED AT THE NECK OF THE IMPLANT.,

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1503550 SKELETAL DYNAMICS ALIGN RADIAL HEAD SYSTEM KWI SKELETAL DYNAMICS INC. AN0913033

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 59 YR Female Required Intervention