BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    UNKNOWN DEPUY FEMORAL HEAD

    MDR report key: 2945604 · Received February 6, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    1818910-2013-11963
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    February 6, 2013
    Date of Event
    February 16, 2011
    Report Date
    January 25, 2013
    Manufacturer
    DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.
    Product Code
    KWY
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    US
    Reporter Occupation
    PATIENT

    Narratives

    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

    THE DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WERE NOT RETURNED. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD FOR THE PROVIDED PRODUCT/LOT COMBINATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY RELATED MANUFACTURING DEVIATIONS OR ANOMALIES. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS AND/OR A COMPLAINT DATABASE SEARCH WAS NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE FEMORAL HEAD AS THE PRODUCT AND LOT CODE REQUIRED WAS NOT PROVIDED. 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 THE PRODUCT OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE PERFORMED INVESTIGATION, THE COMPLAINT WILL BE RE-OPENED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    MAUDE REPORT (B)(4) VOLUNTARILY SUBMITTED BY PATIENT STATES THAT THEY WERE REVISED TO ADDRESS PAIN RADIATING INTO THIGH AND BUTTOCK WHICH BEGAN IN 2010. BLOOD TESTS SHOWED S/HE HAD METAL-ON-METAL SYNOVITIS.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    49843 UNKNOWN DEPUY FEMORAL HEAD FEMORAL HEAD KWY DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. UNKNOWN

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Required Intervention