FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ASR ACETABULAR CUP 58

MDR report key: 2112604 · Received May 19, 2011

Report

Report Number
1818910-2011-08792
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 19, 2011
Date of Event
April 25, 2008
Report Date
March 20, 2026
Manufacturer
DEPUY INTERNATIONAL
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
K073414
Removal / Correction Number
Z-1749/1816-2011
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CORRECTED:CORRECTION/REMOVAL REPORTING NUMBER.THE ASR PLATFORM WAS VOLUNTARILY RECALLED FROM THE MARKET IN AUGUST 2010, AND THE ASR PRODUCT CODES ARE NOW CONSIDERED INACTIVE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THIS INDIVIDUAL INCIDENT WILL NOT BE UNDERTAKEN, AS THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE ROOT CAUSE(S) AND/OR CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. (B)(4).DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD THE PRODUCT AND/OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

**UPDATE** (B)(4) 2012 - PLAINTIFF'S PRELIMINARY DISCLOSURE FORM WAS RECEIVED, WHICH IDENTIFIED (PART/LOT) INFORMATION. THE COMPLAINT AND ASSOCIATED MDRS WERE UPDATED. THERE WAS NO NEW INFORMATION THAT WOULD CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE ASR PLATFORM WAS VOLUNTARILY RECALLED FROM THE MARKET IN AUGUST 2010, AND THE ASR PRODUCT CODES ARE NOW CONSIDERED INACTIVE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THIS INDIVIDUAL INCIDENT WILL NOT BE UNDERTAKEN, AS THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE ROOT CAUSE(S) AND/OR CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. (B)(4). DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD THE PRODUCT AND/OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED.

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

LITIGATION PAPERS ALLEGE: ON (B)(6), 2006, PT WAS IMPLANTED WITH A DEPUY ACETABULAR CUP, SIZE 58, INTO HER RIGHT HIP. ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2008, PT LEARNED THAT SHE HAD HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF VARIOUS METALLIC ELEMENTS IN HER BLOOD. ON (B)(6), 2008, SURGEON REMOVED THE PT'S ASR IMPLANT AND REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER HIP PROSTHESIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ASR ACETABULAR CUP 58 ACETABULAR CUP KWA DEPUY INTERNATIONAL NA 2205788

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Required Intervention