FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GENESIS II

MDR report key: 1930410 · Received December 16, 2010

Report

Report Number
1020279-2010-00359
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 16, 2010
Date of Event
November 22, 2010
Report Date
April 29, 2011
Manufacturer
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., BROOKS MANUFACTURING SITE
Product Code
JWH
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INITIAL AND FOLLOW-UP MDRS WERE MISTAKENLY FILED UNDER MANUFACTURER # 1020279. THE CORRECT MANUFACTURER # IS 8010764.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EXAMINATION METHODS: STEREOMICROSCOPE, SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM), ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS (EDXA). MACROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE DEVICES SHOWED: AS RECEIVED COMPONENT, NO VISIBLE BONE CEMENT OR BURNISHING ON GRIT BLASTED SURFACE OF BASE PLATE, ABRASIVE WEAR ON PROXIMAL FACE OF TIBIAL TRAY, MILD BURNISHING. MATERIAL ANALYSIS (EDXA) SHOWED THAT: NO CHEMICAL ANOMALIES WERE SEEN WHEN COMPARED TO A STANDARD OF THE MATERIAL THEREFORE THERE WERE NO MATERIAL DEVIATIONS WERE FOUND IN THIS INVESTIGATION THE GRIT BLASTED SURFACE OF THE TRAY WAS FOUND TO HAVE SURFACE ROUGHNESS THAT MET SPECIFICATION. MILD BURNISHING WAS OBSERVED IN THE PROXIMAL ARTICULATING AREAS OF THE INSERT. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE BONE CEMENT OR BURNISHING ON THE GRIT BLASTED SURFACE OF BASE PLATE. POSSIBLE CAUSES OF LACK OF BONE CEMENT ADHERING TO THE IMPLANT INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: MOISTURE BETWEEN BONE CEMENT AND IMPLANT SURFACE AND EXCEEDING WORKING TIME OF BONE CEMENT. THE EXACT CAUSE OF TRAY LOOSENING COULD NOT BE ASCERTAINED FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED DUE TO LOOSENING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GENESIS II TIBIAL BASEPLATE JWH SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., BROOKS MANUFACTURING SITE 09BT28768

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Hospitalization| R PRODUCT NUMBER: 71420846, LOT NUMBER: NI