FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT 52/46 CODE L

MDR report key: 2880964 · Received December 13, 2012

Report

Report Number
9613350-2012-01158
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 13, 2012
Date of Event
April 13, 2011
Report Date
December 3, 2012
Manufacturer
ZIMMER GMBH
Product Code
KWA
Removal / Correction Number
9613350-07/15/2008-001C
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IT
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER. AS NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED FOR THE DEVICE, THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD COULD NOT BE REVIEWED. WHILE A CAUSE FOR THIS SPECIFIC CLINICAL EVENT CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE COMMON CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL IMPLANTATION SUGGEST THAT THIS CASE IS RELATED TO THE ISSUES FOR WHICH ZIMMER IMPLEMENTED A CORRECTION IN JULY 2008. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE AND/OR THE DEVICE BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AND AN INVESTIGATION RESULT BE AVAILABLE, THAT CHANGES THIS ASSESSMENT, AN AMENDED MEDICAL DEVICE REPORT WILL BE FILED. THE NEED FOR FURTHER CORRECTIVE MEASURES IS NOT INDICATED AT THIS TIME AND ZIMMER (B)(4) CONSIDERS THIS CASE AS CLOSED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT, THROUGH COUNSEL, IS PURSUING A PRODUCT LIABILITY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF THE ALLEGED USE OF THE DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT RECEIVED A DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT 52/46 CODE L ON (B)(6) 2007 AND UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2011 DUE TO LOOSENING OF THE CUP.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT 52/46 CODE L DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT KWA ZIMMER GMBH UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR Hospitalization| R