FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

VISIONAIRE

MDR report key: 1601365 · Received February 11, 2010

Report

Report Number
1020279-2010-00041
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 11, 2010
Date of Event
November 6, 2009
Report Date
February 11, 2010
Manufacturer
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., ORTHOPAEDIC DIV
Product Code
EKD
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PULLED AND REVIEWED SHOP ORDER PAPERWORK. ALL PAPERWORK WAS COMPLETE AND CORRECT. COMPLETED SCAN OF ARTICULAR SURFACE OF PARTS, AND BOTH PARTS WERE ACCEPTABLE. COMPLETED DIMENSIONAL INSPECTION OF PART, AND ONLY CONCERN WAS THE SLOT ON THE TIBIA CUTTING BLOCK. IT WAS OVER TOLERANCE BY .006", AND THIS COULD BE DUE TO THE SURGEON CUTTING INTO THE PART WITH THE SAWBLADE; THE PAPERWORK SHOWED THAT AT FINAL INSPECTION, THE PART WAS ACCEPTABLE. ENGINEERING ALSO COMPLETED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE COMPLAINT AND DETERMINED THAT THE ISSUES WERE DUE TO MRI IMAGE DISTORTION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT SURGERY TIME WAS EXTENDED DUE TO THE SURGEON HAVING ISSUES FITTING THE TIBIAL CUTTING BLOCK. THE COMPLAINT FOR THIS MDR WAS ORIGINALLY DETERMINED TO BE NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL UPDATED INFO FROM THE SALES REP MADE US AWARE THAT THE SURGERY TIME WAS EXTENDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 VISIONAIRE TIBIAL CUTTING BLOCK / EKD EKD SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., ORTHOPAEDIC DIV NA PM003260-2

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NI Hospitalization PART #V0100020, LOT# PM003260-1