FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ASR ACETABULAR CUPS 46

MDR report key: 2982040 · Received February 28, 2013

Report

Report Number
1818910-2013-04080
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 28, 2013
Date of Event
February 12, 2013
Report Date
February 21, 2013
Manufacturer
DEPUY INTERNATIONAL
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
K040627
Removal / Correction Number
Z-1749/1816-2011
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
ID, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). LITIGATION ALLEGES PATIENT HAD PERMANENT PHYSICAL INJURIES, PAIN, DISFIGUREMENT AND EXCESSIVE LEVELS OF CHROMIUM AND COBALT AFTER ASR HIP IMPLANT. DEPUY STILL CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD THE PRODUCT AND/OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE ASR PLATFORM WAS VOLUNTARILY RECALLED FROM THE MARKET IN AUGUST 2010, AND THE ASR PRODUCT CODES ARE NOW CONSIDERED INACTIVE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THIS INDIVIDUAL INCIDENT WILL NOT BE UNDERTAKEN, AS THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE ROOT CAUSE(S) AND/OR CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. (B)(4). DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD THE PRODUCT AND/OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO ELEVATED METAL IONS, CUP LOOSENING, THE FEMORAL HEAD WAS DISSOCIATED FROM THE STEM, AND METALLOSIS. THE STEM WAS A COMPETITORS DEVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
89060 ASR ACETABULAR CUPS 46 ACETABULAR CUP KWA DEPUY INTERNATIONAL 2743861

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 58 YR Required Intervention