FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PT HYBRID GLENOID POST REGENEREX POROUS TITANIUM CONSTRUCT

MDR report key: 2831677 · Received November 14, 2012

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2012-02417
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 14, 2012
Date of Event
September 10, 2012
Report Date
October 19, 2012
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWS
PMA / PMN Number
PK060694
Removal / Correction Number
1825034-2012-019R
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DECISION WAS MADE TO RECALL BASED ON A MANUFACTURING ISSUE THAT WAS DETERMINED AS PART OF AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EXAMINATION OF RETURNED DEVICE FOUND IT TO BE OUT OF SPECIFICATION. INVESTIGATION INTO THIS COMPLAINT IS ONGOING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT COMPREHENSIVE TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2012. DURING THE PROCEDURE, MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO SCREW THE POROUS PEG ONTO THE GLENOID BASE WITH NO SUCCESS. A NEW GLENOID BASE AND POROUS PEG WERE OPENED AND USED SUCCESSFULLY TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE WITH NO PATIENT INJURY AND NO SURGICAL DELAY GREATER THAN 30 MINUTES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PT HYBRID GLENOID POST REGENEREX POROUS TITANIUM CONSTRUCT PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER KWS BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 093780

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1