FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ROBOTIC ARM INTERACTIVE ORTHOPEDIC SYSTEM - RIO

MDR report key: 2574533 · Received May 7, 2012

Report

Report Number
3005985723-2012-00123
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 7, 2012
Date of Event
November 9, 2011
Report Date
April 24, 2012
Manufacturer
MAKO SURGICAL
Product Code
HAW
PMA / PMN Number
K081867
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MD, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AS PART OF NORMAL COMPLAINT FOLLOW-UP AN EVALUATION WAS PERFORMED BY MAKO SURGICAL WITH REGARDS TO THE ROBOTIC ARM INTERACTIVE ORTHOPEDIC SYSTEM (RIO). THE CT IMAGES WERE REVIEWED AND IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE IMAGE WAS NOT ACCURATE AND RESULTED IN A 3D BONE MODEL WITH MANY VISUAL ARTIFACTS SUCH AS SMALL "SPIKES" THAT DID NOT STAY TRUE TO THE CT BONE SURFACE. THOUGH NO ISSUE WITH BONE REGISTRATION WAS REPORTED, THE BONE REGISTRATION POINTS WERE CLUSTERED AND NOT COLLECTED ACCORDING TO THE PRESCRIBED PATTERN, WHICH LIKELY CONTRIBUTED TO HIGH ROTATION VALUES OBSERVED DURING JOINT BALANCING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE SURGEON PERFORMED A PARTIAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY USING MAKO'S ROBOTIC ARM INTERACTIVE ORTHOPEDIC SYSTEM (RIO) ON (B)(6) 2011. AFTER TRIALING THE FEMUR AND TIBIA, THE SURGEON OBSERVED THAT THE COMPONENTS APPEARED TO BE TRACKING FURTHER LATERALLY THAN PLANNED AND THE JOINT APPEARED TO BE TIGHTER THAN PLANNED. THE SURGEON AGREED TO RESECT MORE BONE AFTER MODIFYING THE PLAN TO SEAT THE TIBIA COMPONENT DEEPER BY 1 MM. UPON TRIALING, THE SURGEON NOTED THAT THE JOIN LAXITY HAD IMPROVED, AND HE IMPLANTED THE COMPONENTS. THE SURGEON INSPECTED THE IMPLANT TRACKING VISUALLY, AND STILL FELT THEY WERE TRACKING SLIGHTLY LATERALLY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ROBOTIC ARM INTERACTIVE ORTHOPEDIC SYSTEM - RIO STEREOTAXIC INSTRUMENT HAW MAKO SURGICAL 201000

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1