FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2642130 · Received July 6, 2012

Report

Report Number
1030489-2012-01099
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 6, 2012
Report Date
June 7, 2012
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK
Product Code
NQP
PMA / PMN Number
K050809
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 # Y7223070, Y7225545, Y7225540, Y7225535 WITH 510K # K050809 WAS CLEARED IN THE UNITED STATES. DEVICES OF MULTIPLE PART/LOT NUMBERS WERE IMPLANTED DURING THE PROCEDURE INCLUDING: PART: Y7223070 / LOT: W06B1337 (X2), MANUFACTURED: FEB 8, 2006 PART: Y7225545 / LOT: W08E3270, MANUFACTURED: MAY 22, 2008 PART: Y7225540 / LOT: W05J6445, MANUFACTURED: OCT 22, 2005 PART: Y7225535 / LOT: W05J6445 (X2), MANUFACTURED: OCT 22, 2005 PART: Y7225540 / LOT: W05J6446, MANUFACTURED: OCT 22, 2005 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

(B)(4). DATE OF EVENT IS UNKNOWN. (B)(6). (B)(4) - (MIGRATION OF DEVICE OR DEVICE COMPONENT). 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.

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 L/4 5- L5/S1 DUE TO "SCREW LOOSENING" AFTER "(B)(6) YEARS IN-VIVO". 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 Required Intervention PEEK RODS AND PEEK MAS SCREWS