FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

LUCENT

MDR report key: 2685290 · Received July 23, 2012

Report

Report Number
3004893332-2012-00001
Event Type
Other
Date Received
July 23, 2012
Date of Event
July 5, 2012
Report Date
July 19, 2012
Manufacturer
SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC.
Product Code
MQP
PMA / PMN Number
K071724
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVAL. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION PROVIDED BY THE REP IN THE SURGERY. "DURING A SPINE FUSION SURGERY A SURGEON WAS MALLETING A CAGE INTO THE DISC SPACE WHEN THE CAGE BROKE. THE CAGE PUNCTURED THE DURA. WHEN THE SURGEON WAS MALLETING THE CAGE INTO PLACE (SEEMED LIKE HE WAS HITTING IT FOR LONGER THAN NORMAL AND IT WAS A 10X32 CAGE) THE CAGE CRACKED IN HALF. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS AN ANGLE WHEN HE PUT IT IN. IT WAS HARD TO SEE. THEY PLUCKED SOME PIECES OUT BUT THE ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE CAGE WAS IN HALFWAY SO THEY DECIDED TO TAMP THAT PIECE IN DEEP AND PUT A 10X22 BEHIND IT (WHICH WENT IN WITHOUT INCIDENCE). AFTER FINISHING, THEY STITCHED THE DURA AND APPLIED DURASEAL AND DURAGEN."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LUCENT INTERVETEBRAL BODY FUSION DEVICE MQP SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. 10022-010 11032-511 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA