FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SUMMIT POR TAPER SZ6 STD OFF

MDR report key: 3063527 · Received April 17, 2013

Report

Report Number
1818910-2013-15487
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 17, 2013
Report Date
February 6, 2017
Manufacturer
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910
Product Code
LPH
PMA / PMN Number
K001991
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

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. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINT DATABASE FOUND NO ADDITIONAL RELATED REPORTS FOR THE REPORTED PART AND LOT CODE COMBINATIONS. THE PART AND LOT CODE COMBINATION WAS NOT PROVIDED FOR THE UNKNOWN DEPUY DEVICE. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT VERIFY OR IDENTIFY ANY PRODUCT CONTRIBUTION TO THE REPORTED EVENT WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. BASED ON THE INABILITY TO DETERMINE A ROOT CAUSE, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS NOT INDICATED. DEPUY 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

THIS COMPLAINT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. DEPUY WILL NOTIFY THE FDA OF THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION ONCE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED FOR EXAMINATION. THE INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE RETAINED FOR POTENTIAL SERIES INVESTIGATIONS IF TRIGGERED BY TREND ANALYSIS, POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE, OR OTHER EVENTS WITHIN THE QUALITY SYSTEM. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LITIGATION ALLEGES PAIN, LOOSENING AND METALLOSIS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PFS AND MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED. ALLEGES COBALT AND CHROMIUM ION LEVELS ARE TOO HIGH, BLOOD BURNING, PAIN, AND INSOMNIA. NOTED MOST RECENT METAL ION LAB RESULTS--CHROMIUM, PLASMA 4.3 UG/ML AND COBALT, PLASMA 12.3 UG/ML. NO REVISION DATE IDENTIFIED. UPDATED PROD/LOT FOR THE STEM FROM INVOICE. ELEVATED IONS ADDED TO THE COMPLAINT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
166352 SUMMIT POR TAPER SZ6 STD OFF HIP FEMORAL STEM/SLEEVE LPH DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910 EV2C91

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other