FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

FREEDOM RINGLOC CONSTRAINED LINER 36MM

MDR report key: 1961430 · Received January 14, 2011

Report

Report Number
1825034-2011-00039
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 14, 2011
Date of Event
December 14, 2010
Report Date
December 16, 2010
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWZ
PMA / PMN Number
K030047
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE USER FACILITY IS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. NO MEDWATCH REPORT WAS RECEIVED. CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT A CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS SHOW THAT LOT RELEASED WITH NO RECORDED ANOMALY OR DEVIATION. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS, NUMBER 4 STATES, "LOOSENING OR MIGRATION OF THE IMPLANTS CAN OCCUR DUE TO LOSS OF FIXATION, TRAUMA, MALALIGNMENT, BONE RESORPTION, AND/OR EXCESSIVE ACTIVITY". (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT HIP PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2010, DUE TO DISASSOCIATION OF THE CUP AND LINER. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAS A HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDER THAT CAUSES BONY DEFORMITIES AND HAS POOR MUSCLE TONE IN THE AFFECTED LEG. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO DATE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 FREEDOM RINGLOC CONSTRAINED LINER 36MM PROSTHESIS, HIP KWZ BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 752370

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R