FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PINNACLE MTL INS NEUT28IDX48OD

MDR report key: 2853363 · Received November 30, 2012

Report

Report Number
1818910-2012-26936
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 30, 2012
Date of Event
March 2, 2005
Report Date
May 6, 2015
Manufacturer
8010379 DEPUY INTL., LTD
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
K002883
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE. THIS COMPLAINT IS CONSIDERED COMPLETED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

UPDATE CLINICAL REPORT RECEIVED. THE DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WERE NOT RETURNED. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS DID NOT REVEAL ANY RELATED MANUFACTURING DEVIATIONS OR ANOMALIES. PER THE REPORTING BY THE DEPUY CLINICAL TEAM; ONLY PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS ARE AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONAL INPUTS WERE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH WI-7915 APPENDIX A; REV. C. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED. 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. UPDATE 02/15/2013 - PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS WERE RECEIVED. RECORDS INDICATE THE PATIENT HAD A PERIPROSTHETIC TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE. THE STEM HAS BEEN REPORTED ON (B)(4). MEDICAL RECORDS AND X-RAYS WERE OBTAINED AND REVIEWED. 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 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

THIS COMPLAINT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. DEPUY WILL NOTIFY THE FDA OF THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION ONCE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(6). THE DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WERE NOT RETURNED. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS DID NOT REVEAL ANY RELATED MANUFACTURING DEVIATIONS OR ANOMALIES. PER THE REPORTING BY THE DEPUY CLINICAL TEAM; ONLY PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS ARE AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONAL INPUTS WERE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH (B)(4) APPENDIX A; REV. C. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED. 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 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS IS A DUPLICATE REPORT OF 1818910-2013-10737. THIS REPORT, 1818910-2012-26936, WILL BE KEPT FOR INVESTIGATION PURPOSES. A SEPARATE FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO REJECT 1818910-2013-10737.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

UPDATE - CLINICAL REPORT RECEIVED. THE DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WERE NOT RETURNED. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS DID NOT REVEAL ANY RELATED MANUFACTURING DEVIATIONS OR ANOMALIES. PER THE REPORTING BY THE DEPUY CLINICAL TEAM; ONLY PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS ARE AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONAL INPUTS WERE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH WI-7915 APPENDIX A; REV. C. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED. 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. UPDATE - (B)(4) 2013 - PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS WERE RECEIVED. RECORDS INDICATE THE PATIENT HAD A PERIPROSTHETIC TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE. THE STEM HAS BEEN REPORTED ON (B)(4). MEDICAL RECORDS AND X-RAYS WERE OBTAINED AND REVIEWED. 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 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

THIS IS A DUPLICATE REPORT OF 1818910-2013-10737. THIS REPORT, 1818910-2012-26301, WILL BE KEPT FOR INVESTIGATION PURPOSES. A SEPARATE FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO REJECT 1818910-2013-10737.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS COMPLAINT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. DEPUY WILL NOTIFY THE FDA OF THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION ONCE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED FOR EXAMINATION. BASED ON PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS THIS COMPLICATION OF JOINT REPLACEMENT IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF A DEVICE FAILING TO MEET REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS. THE INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE RETAINED FOR POTENTIAL SERIES INVESTIGATIONS IF TRIGGERED BY TREND ANALYSIS, POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE, OR OTHER EVENTS WITHIN THE QUALITY SYSTEM. CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS NOT INDICATED. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT WAS REVISED BECAUSE OF METALLOSIS. (RIGHT HIP).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PFS AND MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED. AFTER REVIEW OF THE MEDICAL RECORDS FOR MDR REPORTABILITY, THE REVISION OPERATIVE NOTE INDICATED METALLOSIS, PSEUDOTUMOR, PAIN, AND DISPLACED TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE THAT WAS CABELED. LAB RESULTS FROM (B)(6) 2012 INDICATED METAL ION LEVELS WERE BELOW 7PPB. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF ANY INFECTION, DISLOCATIONS, OR DAMAGE TO SURROUDING STRUCUTRES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PINNACLE MTL INS NEUT28IDX48OD HIP LINER KWA 8010379 DEPUY INTL., LTD 1826607

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 60 YR Required Intervention