FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SIZE #4 4-IN-1 CUTTING BLOCK CAPTURED ASSY. TRIA.

MDR report key: 2081779 · Received April 14, 2011

Report

Report Number
2249697-2011-00475
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 14, 2011
Date of Event
March 22, 2011
Report Date
March 22, 2011
Manufacturer
STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS MAHWAH
Product Code
LXH
PMA / PMN Number
NA
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVAL SUMMARY: A MFG NON-CONFORMANCE WAS OBSERVED BASED ON VISUAL INSPECTION WHICH INDICATED THAT THE FIXATION PEG(S) DISASSOCIATED FROM THE POSTERIOR FACE OF THE TRIATHLON CUTTING BLOCK. THE PRODUCT EXPERIENCE REPORTING DATABASE SHOWS THIS EVENT IS RELATED TO A TREND OF SIMILAR EVENTS WHERE THE FIXATION PEG(S) HAS DISASSOCIATED FROM THE POSTERIOR FACE OF THE TRIATHLON CUTTING BLOCK.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED: "SMALL PIN ON BACK OF CUTTING BLOCK, BROKE OFF BLOCK AS IT WAS BEING EXTRACTED FROM PT'S KNEE. THE PIN WAS REMOVED."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SIZE #4 4-IN-1 CUTTING BLOCK CAPTURED ASSY. TRIA. INSTRUMENT LXH STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS MAHWAH NA SB3A06

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 70 YR Other