FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TISSUE MEND

MDR report key: 1873783 · Received October 13, 2010

Report

Report Number
MW5017724
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 13, 2010
Date of Event
September 20, 2010
Report Date
October 13, 2010
Manufacturer
TEI BIOSCIENCES INC.
Product Code
FTM
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
LA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT DIAGNOSIS: MASSIVE TEAR OF RIGHT ROTATOR CUFF, THIS WAS SURGICALLY REPAIRED ON (B)(6) 2010 USING TEI BIOSCIENCES INC. TISSUE MEND. TEN DAYS AFTER SURGERY, PT WAS NOTED TO HAVE BULGE AND SOME REDNESS. THE PT WAS PLACED ON ANTIBIOTICS WITH NO RESOLVE. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PT WAS RETURNED TO SURGERY FOR I & D OF WOUND. DURING SURGERY, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TISSUE MEND HAD TOTALLY DISINTEGRATED AND THE BACTERIA CULTURED FROM THE WOUND WAS VERY UNUSUAL. IT IS TSUKAMURELLA SP. DATES OF USE: (B)(6) 2010. DIAGNOSIS OR REASON FOR USE: TO REPAIR ROTATOR CUFF TEAR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TISSUE MEND GRAFT TISSUE MEND 5X6 FTM TEI BIOSCIENCES INC. 6495-9-001 1006018

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 74 YR Hospitalization| O| S