BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    TAPERLOC POR FMRL LAT 13.5X147

    MDR report key: 2830520 · Received November 13, 2012

    Report

    Report Number
    0001825034-2012-02409
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    November 13, 2012
    Date of Event
    October 11, 2012
    Report Date
    October 22, 2012
    Manufacturer
    BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
    Product Code
    LPH
    PMA / PMN Number
    PK042037
    Removal / Correction Number
    N/A
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    TX, US
    Reporter Occupation
    ATTORNEY

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT A CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS SHOW THAT LOT RELEASED WITH NO RECORDED ANOMALY OR DEVIATION. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS, NUMBER 2 STATES, "EARLY OR LATE POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION AND ALLERGIC REACTION." REVIEW OF STERILIZATION CERTIFICATION CONFIRMS DEVICE WAS STERILIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISO 11137-2. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 3 OF 5 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME PATIENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2012-01926-1, 01926, 2408 / 2411).

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PATIENT ALLEGES THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT BILATERAL TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY PROCEDURES AND REPORTS PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PERSONAL INJURY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED IN OPERATIVE NOTES AND A REVIEW OF INVOICE HISTORY CONFIRMS THE LEFT HIP ARTHROPLASTY PROCEDURE OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2006 AND THE RIGHT HIP ARTHROPLASTY PROCEDURE OCCURED ON (B)(6) 2010. A SUBSEQUENT LEFT HIP REVISION PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED (B)(6) 2012 DUE ALLEGEDLY TO INFECTION. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO DATE. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 TAPERLOC POR FMRL LAT 13.5X147 PROSTHESIS, HIP LPH BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 793300

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 79 YR Hospitalization| R