FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

METASUL LARGE DIAMETER HEAD 44/J

MDR report key: 1923556 · Received December 7, 2010

Report

Report Number
9613350-2010-00569
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 7, 2010
Date of Event
October 5, 2010
Report Date
November 8, 2010
Manufacturer
ZIMMER GMBH
Product Code
KWA
Removal / Correction Number
C9613350-07/15/2008-001
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INFO WAS FORWARDED FROM THE OWNER ESTABLISHMENT, ZIMMER (B)(4) , WHICH MARKETS THE DEVICES IN (B)(4) . THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT RECEIVE EXPLANTED DEVICES, X-RAYS, OR OTHER SOURCE DOCUMENTS FOR REVIEW. WHERE LOT NUMBERS WERE RECEIVED FOR THE EXPLANTED DEVICES, THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE CONFORMING. WHILE A CAUSE FOR THIS SPECIFIC CLINICAL EVENT CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED FROM THE INFO PROVIDED, THE COMMON CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL IMPLANTATION SUGGEST THAT THE REVISION SURGERY IS RELATED TO THE ISSUES FOR WHICH ZIMMER IMPLEMENTED A CORRECTION IN (B)(4) 2008 . SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFO BECOMES AVAILABLE AND / OR THE DEVICE (S) BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AND AN INVESTIGATION RESULT BE AVAILABLE, THAT CHANGES THIS ASSESSMENT, AN AMENDED MEDICAL DEVICE REPORT WILL BE FILED. THE NEED FOR FURTHER CORRECTIVE MEASURES IS NOT INDICATED AT THIS TIME AND ZIMMER (B)(4) CONSIDERS THIS CASE CLOSED. ZIMMER REFERENCE NUMBER OF THIS FILE IS (B)(4) .

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT IS REPORTED THAT PT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY DUE TO INCREASING PAIN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 METASUL LARGE DIAMETER HEAD 44/J DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT AND METASUL KWA ZIMMER GMBH 2301551

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| O