FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PINNACLE MTL INS NEUT28IDX50OD

MDR report key: 1962334 · Received January 7, 2011

Report

Report Number
1818910-2010-10488
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 7, 2011
Date of Event
December 10, 2010
Report Date
December 10, 2010
Manufacturer
DEPUY INTL LTD
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
K002883
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MD, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EXAMINATION OF THE PROVIDED PATIENT X-RAYS, RETURNED ITEMS AND REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY DID NOT REVEAL ANY RELATED PRODUCT PROBLEMS, MANUFACTURING DEVIATIONS OR ANOMALIES. A COMPLAINT DATABASE SEARCH FINDS NO OTHER REPORTED INCIDENTS AGAINST THE PROVIDED PRODUCT AND LOT COMBINATIONS SINCE THEIR RELEASE FOR DISTRIBUTION. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT. BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NOT INDICATED. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD THE PRODUCT OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE PERFORMED INVESTIGATION, THE COMPLAINT WILL BE RE-OPENED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS COMPLAINT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. DEPUY WILL NOTIFY THE FDA OF THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION ONCE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE: (B)(4). THE PROVIDED X-RAY IMAGES AND DEVICES WERE EXAMINED AND NOTHING OUTWARD NOTED TO SUGGEST PRODUCT NON-CONFORMANCE. A REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS FOUND NO RELATED DEVIATIONS OR ANOMALIES THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE REPORTED EVENT. THE INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE RETAINED FOR POTENTIAL SERIES INVESTIGATIONS IF TRIGGERED BY TREND ANALYSIS, POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE, OR OTHER EVENTS WITHIN THE QUALITY SYSTEM. CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS NOT INDICATED. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS COMPLAINT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. DEPUY WILL NOTIFY THE FDA OF THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION ONCE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. ALTHOUGH THE EXACT DATE OF THE PRIMARY SURGERY IS UNK, IT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY IN (B)(6) 2006.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

UPDATE REC'D 12/23/2015 - THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS WERE RECEIVED. MEDICAL RECORDS WERE REVIEWED FOR MDR REPORTABILITY. ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL RECORDS, UPON REVISION BLACK STAINED TISSUE AND METALLOSIS WERE ENCOUNTERED. ALSO NOTED IN THE MEDICAL RECORDS, THE PATIENT HAD ELEVATED COBALT AND CHROMIUM LEVELS. AT THIS TIME AN UNKNOWN DEPUY STEM IS BEING ADDED TO THE COMPLAINT AND REPORTED. THE COMPLAINT WAS UPDATED ON: 01/18/2015.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS PAIN AND INFLAMMATION. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TISSUE WAS GRAY, AND THE FLUID WAS MILKY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PINNACLE MTL INS NEUT28IDX50OD 87KWA KWA DEPUY INTL LTD NA 2048434

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 51 YR Required Intervention