FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CLAVICLE PIN ASSEMBLY 3.0MM

MDR report key: 3002515 · Received March 13, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-00590
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 13, 2013
Date of Event
February 6, 2013
Report Date
February 15, 2013
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
HRS
PMA / PMN Number
PK111663
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SC, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO REVIEW MANUFACTURING HISTORY WAS NOT PROVIDED. CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT A CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER ADVERSE EFFECTS, OT STATES, "THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MOST FREQUENT ADVERSE EVENTS AFTER FIXATION WITH BONE SCREWS OR PINS: LOOSENING, BENDING, CRACKING OR FRACTURE OF THE COMPONENTS OR LOSS OF FIXATION IN BONE ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONUNION, OSTEOPOROSIS, MARKEDLY UNSTABLE COMMINUTED FRACTURES; LOSS OF ANATOMIC POSITION WITH NONUNION OR MALUNION WITH ROTATION OR ANGULATION; INFECTION AND ADVERSE REACTIONS TO THE DEVICE MATERIAL."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT AN OPEN REDUCTION, INTERNAL FIXATION CLAVICLE PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2013 DUE TO THE ROCKWOOD CLAVICLE PIN BENT. THE PIN WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH ANOTHER PIN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
105211 CLAVICLE PIN ASSEMBLY 3.0MM PLATE, FIXATION HRS BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 264937

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R