FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TRILOGY LONGEVITY CROSSLINKED POLY LINER

MDR report key: 2103626 · Received May 16, 2011

Report

Report Number
1822565-2011-01186
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 16, 2011
Date of Event
April 11, 2011
Report Date
April 19, 2011
Manufacturer
ZIMMER, INC.
Product Code
LPH
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVALUATION SUMMARY: NO DEVICES OR PHOTOS WERE REC'D; THEREFORE, THE CONDITION OF THE COMPONENTS IS UNK. SURGICAL NOTES AND X-RAYS WERE NOT PROVIDED; IT IS UNK WHETHER THE COMPONENTS WERE IMPLANTED WITH THE CORRECT FIT AND ORIENTATION AS PER THE SURGICAL TECHNIQUE. DISLOCATION MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH A NUMBER OF MECHANISMS: UNSATISFACTORY PLACEMENT OF THE COMPONENT PARTS, EXTENT OF COMPONENT STABILITY, EXTENT OF SOFT TISSUE TENSION, INADEQUATE SOFT TISSUE TENSION, POOR FUNCTIONAL MUSCLES, AND/OR PT BEHAVIOR. THERE IS INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS EVENT. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS DID NOT FIND ANY DEVIATIONS OR ANOMALIES. 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 INVESTIGATION, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NOT INDICATED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL SUBSTANTIVE INFORMATION 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 PT WAS REVISED FOR CHRONIC HIP DISLOCATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TRILOGY LONGEVITY CROSSLINKED POLY LINER LPH ZIMMER, INC. 61121937

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention HEAD, LOT #61138034, MANUFACTURED AT ZIMMER BV| (B)(4)| CATALOG #00801803202, VERSYS HIP SYSTEM FEMORAL