FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ORTHADAPT BIOIMPLANT

MDR report key: 1522234 · Received November 2, 2009

Report

Report Number
3005147058-2009-00023
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 2, 2009
Date of Event
January 24, 2008
Report Date
October 19, 2009
Manufacturer
PEGASUS BIOLOGICS, INC.
Product Code
FTM
PMA / PMN Number
K071065
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE ORTHADAPT BIOIMPLANT WAS USED OFF-LABEL IN AN ATFL/CFL REPLACEMENT. ORTHADAPT IS NOT INDICATED FOR THIS USE. BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE COMPLAINANT, OPERATIVE NOTES AND PATHOLOGY REPORT, THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE (GRANULOMA FOREIGN BODY REACTION) AND TENOSYNOVITIS OF THE PERONEAL TENDON ARE RELATED TO THE GRAFT. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) INDICATED THE DEVICE IDENTIFIED IN THIS REPORT MET ALL MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE DEVICE AT THE TIME WAS PEGASUS BIOLOGICS, INC.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

FOLLOWING AN ATFL/CFL REPLACEMENT (INCLUDED FIXATING THE ORTHADAPT GRAFT TO BONE), THE PATIENT WAS NOTED TO HAVE A FOREIGN BODY REACTION WITH GRANULOMA FORMATION AND TENOSYNOVITIS OF THE PERONEAL TENDON (ONSET DATE UNKNOWN) DURING EXPLORATORY SURGERY APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS POST-SURGERY. PHYSICIAN DISSECTED AND REMOVED THE GRANULOMATOUS MASS, EXPOSING THE ORTHADAPT GRAFT. PART OF THE GRAFT WAS STILL ANCHORED TO THE CALCANEUS AND APPEARED TO BE IN ITS NORMAL (UNINCORPORATED) STATE; THE REMAINDER OF THE GRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE INCORPORATED. THE INCORPORATED GRAFT WAS NOT REMOVED. THE ATFL WAS NOTED TO BE INTACT WHILE THE CFL LIGAMENT AND PERONEAL TENDON WERE TORN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ORTHADAPT BIOIMPLANT SURGICAL MESH FTM PEGASUS BIOLOGICS, INC. OFX 2500 POR 070104-01R

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Hospitalization