FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

DORSAL MEDIAL DISTAL RADIUS PLATE, SHORT, RIGHT

MDR report key: 2121811 · Received May 20, 2011

Report

Report Number
8010177-2011-00141
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 20, 2011
Date of Event
April 26, 2011
Report Date
April 27, 2011
Manufacturer
STRYKER OSTEOSYNTHESIS FREIBURG
Product Code
HRS
PMA / PMN Number
K040022
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CI
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION IN PROCESS BUT NOT YET COMPLETE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AS THE SALESMAN REPORTED, 2 DISTAL RADIUS PLATES (B)(4) WERE FOUND BROKEN INSIDE ONE PATIENT, WHO HAD A DISTAL RADIUS SURGERY SOME MONTHS AGO. BOTH PLATES WERE REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT. THE AREA WHERE THE PLATES WERE IMPLANTED WAS VERY DAMAGED. IT SEEMS THAT THE PLATES DAMAGED THE BONE AND ALSO THE AREAS NEAR TO THE ZONE WHERE THE PLATES WERE IMPLANTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DORSAL MEDIAL DISTAL RADIUS PLATE, SHORT, RIGHT IMPLANT HRS STRYKER OSTEOSYNTHESIS FREIBURG NA UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK