FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

JUGGERKNOT LG SHANK BIT 1.4MM

MDR report key: 3021528 · Received March 26, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-00742
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 26, 2013
Date of Event
February 27, 2013
Report Date
February 27, 2013
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
MBI
PMA / PMN Number
PK110145
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EXAMINATION OF RETURNED DEVICE FOUND FRACTURE DUE TO INADVERTENT SURGICAL ERROR. REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS SHOW THAT LOT RELEASED WITH NO RECORDED ANOMALY OR DEVIATION. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER WARNINGS, IT STATES, "IMPROPER SELECTION, PLACEMENT, POSITIONING, AND FIXATION OF THE DEVICE CAN LEAD TO FAILURE OF THE DEVICE OR THE PROCEDURE. THE SURGEON IS TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE DEVICE, THE METHOD OF APPLICATION AND THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE PRIOR TO PERFORMING SURGERY. THE SURGEON MUST SELECT A TYPE OR TYPES OF INTERNAL FIXATION DEVICES APPROPRIATE FOR TREATMENT."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A LABRAL REPAIR PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE DRILL WAS USED THROUGH THE CURVED GUIDE AND FRACTURED OFF INTO THE PATIENT'S GLENOID. THE PIECE WAS RETRIEVED WITH NO DELAY TO THE PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
123479 JUGGERKNOT LG SHANK BIT 1.4MM FASTENER, FIXATION MBI BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 502630

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R