FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PROMOS INCLINATION SET

MDR report key: 1714106 · Received May 21, 2010

Report

Report Number
1714106
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 21, 2010
Date of Event
May 7, 2010
Report Date
May 21, 2010
Manufacturer
SMITH & NEPHEW
Product Code
HSD
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
CA, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE LEFT SHOULDER. A LEFT TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY WAS PERFORMED USING A SMITH AND NEPHEW PROMOS SHOULDER SYSTEM. AFTER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SHOULDER, THE PATIENT CAME BACK ABOUT A YEAR LATER AND HAD THE HARDWARE REMOVED. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THIS PARTICULAR SCREW SET WAS RECALLED IN JANUARY 2010 (SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE PATIENT HAD DEVICE REMOVED).====================== HEALTH PROFESSIONAL'S IMPRESSION======================IT WAS FOUND THAT THIS WAS A RECALLED DEVICED BASED ON A 1/14/10 LETTER FROM STERICYCLE, INC. THE PHYSICIAN FELT IT HAD BEEN BROKEN QUITE A WHILE AS HE FOUND THAT THE GLENOID HAD BOTH EVIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT WEAR AT THE INFERIOR MARGIN AND ALSO A BIG GOUGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GLENOID AND EVIDENCE OF SUBTLE LOOSENING OF THE PROSTHESIS.====================== MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR INCLINATION SET, PROMOS======================RECALLED 1/14/2010

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROMOS INCLINATION SET SCREW HSD SMITH & NEPHEW 75006723 A0702052

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 60 YR