FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PINNACLE MTL INS NEUT36IDX52OD

MDR report key: 2792576 · Received October 16, 2012

Report

Report Number
1818910-2012-22802
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 16, 2012
Date of Event
October 26, 2005
Report Date
September 25, 2012
Manufacturer
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
K003523
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

UPDATE:12/10/2012 PFS WAS RECEIVED FROM LEGAL, MEDICAL RECORDS WERE RECEIVED FROM LEGAL, AND PART/LOT INFORMATION WAS IDENTIFIED. MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATE THE PATIENT HAD MULTIPLE DISLOCATIONS. RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR FURTHER REVIEW. THE DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WERE STILL NOT RETURNED. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS DID NOT REVEAL ANY RELATED MANUFACTURING DEVIATIONS OR ANOMALIES. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT. BASED ON THE INABILITY TO DETERMINE A ROOT CAUSE, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS NOT INDICATED. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE PERFORMED INVESTIGATION, THE COMPLAINT WILL BE RE-OPENED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEPUY CONSIDERS THIS COMPLAINT CLOSED AT THIS TIME.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS NOT RETURNED. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS AND/OR A COMPLAINT DATABASE SEARCH WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS THE PRODUCT AND LOT CODE REQUIRED WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT WITH THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. BASED ON THE INABILITY TO IDENTIFY A ROOT CAUSE, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS NOT INDICATED. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED. SHOULD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE PERFORMED INVESTIGATION, THE COMPLAINT WILL BE RE-OPENED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LITIGATION ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERS FROM SEVERE PAIN, DISCOMFORT, INFLAMMATION, AND A POPPING/SNAPPING SENSATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUS ALLEGATIONS, PPF ALLEGES DISLOCATION WITH CLOSED REDUCTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PINNACLE MTL INS NEUT36IDX52OD TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT KWA DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910 1125598

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention