FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2642049 · Received July 6, 2012

Report

Report Number
1030489-2012-01097
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 6, 2012
Report Date
June 7, 2012
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK
Product Code
NQP
PMA / PMN Number
K113174
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(6). CATALOG # 7893090 WITH 510K # K052609; CATALOG # 7896545, 7895545 WITH 510K # K050809 WAS CLEARED IN THE UNITED STATES. DEVICES OF MULTIPLE PART/LOT NUMBERS WERE IMPLANTED DURING THE PROCEDURE INCLUDING: PART: 7893090 / LOT: W08H2632, MANUFACTURED: AUG 18, 2008 PART: 7893090 / LOT: W06H4594, MANUFACTURED: AUG 28, 2006 PART: 7896545 / LOT: 0050570W (X2), MANUFACTURED: AUG 14, 2009 PART: 7896545 / LOT: 0051687W, MANUFACTURED: AUG 18, 2009 PART: 7896545 / LOT: W058K0119 (X2), MANUFACTURED: OCT 01, 2008 PART: 7895545 / LOT: H09J3785, MANUFACTURED: SEPT 19, 2009 PART: 7895545 / LOT: 0023072W, MANUFACTURED: MAR 17, 2009 PART: 7896545 / LOT: H09J3944, MANUFACTURED: SEPT 30, 2009. ALTHOUGH IT IS UNKNOWN WHICH OF THESE DEVICES CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT, WE ARE FILING THIS MDR FOR NOTIFICATION PURPOSES.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

LITERATURE ARTICLE CITATION: HIGGS, G.B. ET AL., "RETRIEVAL ANALYSIS OF PEEK RODS FOR POSTERIOR LUMBAR STABILIZATION AND FUSION", WWW.MEDICALPEEK.ORG. DATE OF EVENT IS UNKNOWN. (B)(6). (B)(4). NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR FILMS OF APPLICABLE IMAGING STUDIES WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION. THEREFORE, WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE DEFINITIVE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT. ALTHOUGH IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE DEVICE CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT, WE ARE FILING THIS MDR FOR NOTIFICATION PURPOSES.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO CHARACTERIZE THE REASONS FOR REVISION, HISTOLOGICAL RESPONSES, MECHANISMS OF SURFACE CHANGES, AND CRYSTALLINITY CHANGES OF RETRIEVED PEEK RODS USED IN POSTERIOR SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION. ELEVEN FIXATION SYSTEMS (9 PEEK AND 2 METALLIC SYSTEMS) WERE COLLECTED AFTER REVISION SURGERY, PROVIDING 17 PEEK RODS FOR ANALYSIS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ONE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY AT L2/3 - L4/5 LESS THAN ONE YEAR (0.8 OF A YEAR) AFTER THEIR ORIGINAL SURGERY DATE DUE TO "INSTABILITY". REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT WAS NOT REVISED DUE TO ROD FRACTURE AND THIS PATIENT WAS NOT A RECIPIENT OF TISSUE. NO OTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED. NO ADDITIONAL RESULTS FROM THE STUDY WERE GIVEN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION, FOR DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE NQP MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00044 YR Required Intervention PEEK RODS AND NON-CANNULATED MAS SCREWS