COPIOS PERICARDIUM MEMBRANE
Report
- Report Number
- 3002924436-2025-00022
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- June 25, 2025
- Report Date
- August 15, 2025
- Manufacturer
- TUTOGEN MEDICAL GMBH (TMI)
- Product Code
- NPL
- PMA / PMN Number
- K073097
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- GM
- Reporter Occupation
- 003
Narratives
A COMPREHENSIVE BATCH RECORD ANALYSIS IS BEING CONDUCTED. ONCE THE RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WIL BE SUBMITTED.
TUTOGEN CONDUCTED A BATCH ANALYSIS REVIEW FOR SERIAL ID (B)(6) MANUFACTURED FROM LOT NZA22500110. ONE DEPARTURE FROM THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES WAS NOTED DURING THE RECORDS RE-REVIEW FOR THE LOT. THE DEPARTURE DID NOT HAVE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE TISSUE AND/OR PRODUCT QUALITY. PER THE BATCH ANALYSIS REVIEW, SERIAL ID (B)(6) WAS MANUFACTURED TO SPECIFICATION AND MET ALL ACCEPTANCE / INSPECTION CRITERIA PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION. TO DATE, TUTOGEN HAS MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED 35 COPIOS PERICARDIUM XENOGRAFTS FROM LOT NZA22500110 WITHOUT RELATED COMPLAINTS. ALTHOUGH IMPLANT THERAPY IS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AND PREDICTABLE, IT IS NOT WITHOUT POSSIBLE EARLY AND/OR LATE COMPLICATIONS. THE CASE IS ASSESSED AS SERIOUS BECAUSE MEDICAL INTERVENTION WERE REQUIRED (INFECTION TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS AND BONE GRAFT FAILURE RESULTING IN REMOVAL). THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFLAMMATION AND WOUND DEHISCENCE ARE SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INFECTION. INFECTION, INFLAMMATION, TRANSPLANT FAILURE AND DEHISCENCE ARE KNOWN EVENTS AND DESCRIBED IN THE CURRENT IFU. IT IS MORE PLAUSIBLE THAT THE POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A SOURCE OR EVENT EXTRINSIC TO THE COPIOS PERICARDIUM MEMBRANE XENOGRAFT.
ON 05/26/2025, RTI SURGICAL, INC. D/B/A EVERGEN AND TUTOGEN MEDICAL GMBH (TMI), A WHOLLY SUBSIDIARY OF EVERGEN, RECEIVED A COMPLAINT THAT INDICATED A PATIENT UNDERWENT A DENTAL PROCEDURE WITH IMPLANTATION OF A PUROS ALLOGRAFT CUSTOMIZED BLOCK AND A COPIOS PERICARDIUM MEMBRANE ON (B)(6) 2024. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED AN INFECTION, DEHISCENCE, INFLAMMATION AND LOSS OF THE AUGMENTATION MATERIAL AT TOOTH SITE #22. THE GRAFTS WERE REMOVED ON (B)(6) 2024. THE PATIENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR A SECOND SURGERY. TO DATE, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO EVERGEN FOR REVIEW. .
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO RTI SURGICAL INC. D/B/A EVERGEN AND TUTOGEN MEDICAL GMBH (TMI), A WHOLLY SUBSIDIARY OF EVERGEN THAT INDICATED: A MONTH PRIOR TO EXTRACTION AT THE FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT, THE DENTIST NOTICED THAT THERE WERE SIGNS THAT THE PRIMARY WOUND CLOSURE HAD FAILED. AFTER A MONTH, SMALL "HOLES" OCCURRED IN THE BONE STRUCTURE, THAT BECAME MORE INFECTED OVER TIME. THE PATIENT THEN FINALLY ACCEPTED TO HAVE IT EXTRACTED. THE REBUILDING PROCESS HAD STARTED. AS LONG AS THERE WERE STILL SOME ISLES IN WHICH THE INFECTION SEEMED PARTICULARLY STRONG AND RESISTANT, THE DENTIST WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL HE DECIDED ON WHAT TO DO NEXT AND WHETHER HE WANTED TO TRY THE DENTAL PROCEDURE AGAIN. TO DATE, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO TUTOGEN FOR REVIEW.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1327611 | COPIOS PERICARDIUM MEMBRANE | BOVINE PERICARDIUM MEMBRANE, PRODUCT CODE NPL | NPL | TUTOGEN MEDICAL GMBH (TMI) | NZA22500110 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66 YR | Male | Other |