FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN ZIMMER HIP

MDR report key: 1990864 · Received February 8, 2011

Report

Report Number
1822565-2011-00192
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 8, 2011
Report Date
January 10, 2011
Manufacturer
ZIMMER INC
Product Code
JDI
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVAL SUMMARY: IT IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME IF THE PRODUCTS IMPLANTED WERE ZIMMER PRODUCTS. NO DEVICES OR PHOTOS WERE REC'D; THEREFORE, THE CONDITION OF THE COMPONENTS IS UNK. SURGICAL NOTES WERE NOT PROVIDED. X-RAYS WERE NOT PROVIDED; IT IS UNK WHETHER THE COMPONENTS WERE IMPLANTED WITH THE CORRECT FIT AND ORIENTATION AS PER THE SURGICAL TECHNIQUE. PT FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPONENTS SUCH AS AGE, BONE QUALITY, HEIGHT/WEIGHT, ACTIVITY LEVEL, TYPE OF ACTIVITY (LOW IMPACT VS. HIGH IMPACT) ARE UNK. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED WITH THE INFO PROVIDED. EVAL: REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS THE PRODUCT AND/OR LOT NUMBERS REQUIRED FOR RETRIEVAL WERE UNAVAILABLE. IT IS NOT SUSPECTED THAT THE PRODUCT FAILED TO MEET SPECIFICATIONS. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT VERIFY OR IDENTIFY ANY EVIDENCE OF PRODUCT CONTRIBUTION TO THE REPORTED PROBLEM. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFO, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NOT INDICATED. SHOULD ADD'L SUBSTANTIVE INFO BE REC'D, THE COMPLAINT WILL BE REOPENED. ZIMMER, INC. CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT IS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED IN 2005 AND THAT THE PT WAS REVISED IN 2009 FOR AN UNK REASON.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 UNKNOWN ZIMMER HIP HIP PROSTHESIS JDI ZIMMER INC

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention