FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SELEX/MAGNUM MOD HD 40MM -3

MDR report key: 2926066 · Received January 23, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-00142
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 23, 2013
Date of Event
March 2, 2012
Report Date
January 3, 2013
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWA
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

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING FILED TO RELAY THE DATE OF THE REVISION PROCEDURE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHICH WAS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL MEDWATCH. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS, NUMBER 6 STATES, "INADEQUATE RANGE OF MOTION DUE TO IMPROPER SELECTION OR POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS." NUMBER 14 STATES, "INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN." THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT, AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 1 OF 2 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-00142-1 / 00143-1).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT A CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. REVIEW OF RECEIVING CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMANCE SHOWED THAT LOT RELEASED WITH NO RECORDED ANOMALY. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS, NUMBER 1 STATES, "MATERIAL SENSITIVITY REACTIONS." NUMBER 15 STATES, "ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH METAL ON METAL ARTICULATING SURFACES." THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS COULD NOT BE COMPLETED WITH THE LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED. DATE OF EVENT - UNKNOWN. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 1 OF 2 MDRS FILED FOR THIS EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-00142 / 00143).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT M2A HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2006. SUBSEQUENTLY, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT ALLEGES PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2012 DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, LOCAL TISSUE REACTION, METALLOSIS, ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS, LOSS OF MOBILITY, AND LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION. IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER A REVISION PROCEDURE HAS OCCURRED. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT, AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT M2A HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2006. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT ALLEGES LOCAL TISSUE REACTION, METALLOSIS AND ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS. IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER A REVISION PROCEDURE HAS OCCURRED. 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
32484 SELEX/MAGNUM MOD HD 40MM -3 PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 373820

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R