FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ARTICULEZE M HEAD 36MM +5

MDR report key: 2013086 · Received February 24, 2011

Report

Report Number
1818910-2011-02966
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 24, 2011
Date of Event
February 7, 2010
Report Date
January 26, 2011
Manufacturer
DEPUY INTERNATIONAL
Product Code
JDI
PMA / PMN Number
K980513
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

UPDATE: LITIGATION PAPERS WERE RECEIVED ALLEGING METALLOSIS AND ASEPTIC LYMPHOCYTE DOMINATED VASCULITIS ASSOCIATED LESION (ALVAL). DOI: (B)(6) 2004 (RIGHT SIDE). THE DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WERE NOT RETURNED. A COMPLAINT DATABASE SEARCH STILL FINDS NO OTHER REPORTED INCIDENTS AGAINST THE PROVIDED PRODUCT AND LOT COMBINATIONS SINCE THEIR RELEASE FOR DISTRIBUTION. THIS MATTER IS IN LITIGATION. FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES ARE BEING PERFORMED BY THE DEPUY LEGAL TEAM. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT. BASED ON THE INABILITY TO DETERMINE A ROOT CAUSE, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS 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

(B)(4).

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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT REVISED FOR POSSIBLE INFECTION AND POSSIBLE OSTEOLYSIS. LITIGATION PAPERS WERE RECEIVED ALLEGING METALLOSIS AND ASEPTIC LYMPHOCYTE DOMINATED VASCULITIS ASSOCIATED LESION (ALVAL).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ARTICULEZE M HEAD 36MM +5 87JDI 87LPH JDI DEPUY INTERNATIONAL NA 1237340

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 49 YR Male Required Intervention