BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    M2A-MAGNUM 42-50 TPR INSRT STD

    MDR report key: 3060443 · Received April 16, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    0001825034-2013-00990
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    April 16, 2013
    Date of Event
    January 23, 2013
    Report Date
    August 7, 2014
    Manufacturer
    BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
    Product Code
    KWA
    PMA / PMN Number
    PK042037
    Removal / Correction Number
    N/A
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    SC, US
    Reporter Occupation
    ATTORNEY

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT A CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. 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 POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS, NUMBER 1 STATES, "MATERIAL SENSITIVITY REACTIONS." NUMBER 14 STATES, "INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN." NUMBER 15 STATES, "ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH METAL-ON-METAL ARTICULATING SURFACES." THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT, AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 2 OF 3 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-00989 / 00991).

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING FILED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHICH WAS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL MEDWATCH.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2009. SUBSEQUENTLY, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTS PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2013, DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF METALLOSIS, PAIN, ASEPTIC LOOSENING AND TISSUE/BONE DESTRUCTION. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO DATE. 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

    PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2009. SUBSEQUENTLY, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTS PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2013 DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF METALLOSIS, PAIN, ASEPTIC LOOSENING AND TISSUE/BONE DESTRUCTION. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO DATE. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED IN PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATES THE RIGHT HIP REVISION PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2013 WAS DUE TO METALLOSIS. THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE REPORT NOTED CLOUDY, DARK-STAINED FLUID; AND METAL-STAINED TISSUE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED IN PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATES A LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2011 WITH NO REPORTED REVISION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED NOTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2011 PATIENT'S BLOOD WAS TESTED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    163648 M2A-MAGNUM 42-50 TPR INSRT STD PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 520320

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 62 YR Hospitalization| R