FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MODULAR MICROPLASTY CUP INSERTER

MDR report key: 1982150 · Received January 18, 2011

Report

Report Number
1982150
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 18, 2011
Date of Event
November 8, 2010
Report Date
January 18, 2011
Manufacturer
BIOMET
Product Code
JDI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AFTER THE IMPLANT WAS IN, WHILE LOOKING AT THE INSTRUMENT (ACETABULAR CUP IMPLANT HANDLE) THE CLINICIAN NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A PIECE MISSING. THE SURGEON HAD LEFT THE ROOM. HE WAS CALLED BACK, A C-ARM IMAGE WAS TAKEN AND IT WAS NOTED THAT SOMETHING WAS IN THE ACETABULUR CUP LINER. THE SURGEON RETRIEVED 3 PIECES OF THE IMPACTOR. A C-ARM IMAGE WAS TAKEN WHICH SHOWED NO OTHER PARTS OF THE IMPACTOR. THE PIECES OF THE IMPACTOR WERE RETRIEVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MODULAR MICROPLASTY CUP INSERTER ACETABULAR CUP IMPLANT HANDLE JDI BIOMET * 131480

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 76 YR