FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

STATURE PEEK SPACER

MDR report key: 1659672 · Received April 14, 2010

Report

Report Number
3003855635-2010-00006
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 14, 2010
Date of Event
March 10, 2010
Report Date
April 8, 2010
Manufacturer
ATLAS SPINE INC.
Product Code
MQP
PMA / PMN Number
K091406
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DHR REVIEW SHOWED NO ANOMALIES WHICH COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT. EVENT CONSIDERED AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE DOCTOR INSERTED THE IMPLANT INTO THE PREPARED SITE AND TAPPED THE INSERTER HANDLE WITH A MALLET TO THE DESIRED DEPTH. ROTATING CLOCKWISE, THE HANDLE POPPED AND ROTATED FREELY. UNDER MICROSCOPE, THE IMPLANT HAD ROTATED, AND THE ATTACHMENT POINT OF THE IMPLANT WAS DEFORMED. THE DOCTOR ACCEPTED THE RESULTS LEAVING THE IMPLANT IN THE PT, SURGERY COMPLETED WITH NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS. DOCTOR LATER COMMENTED THAT HE THOUGHT THE IMPLANT WAS INCORRECTLY LOADED ON TO THE INSERTER BY THE SURGICAL TECH.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STATURE PEEK SPACER LUMBAR IBFD MQP ATLAS SPINE INC. 00702

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention