FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TRI-LOCK BPS SZ 4 STD OFFSET

MDR report key: 3072996 · Received April 23, 2013

Report

Report Number
1818910-2013-06596
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 23, 2013
Report Date
March 27, 2013
Manufacturer
DEPUY SUZHOU
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
K073570
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GA, 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

PATIENT IS A RESIDENT OF (B)(6). UPDATE: (B)(6) 2013 - PATIENTS REVISION OPERATIVE RECORDS WERE RECEIVED. UPON REVISION, CLEAR COLORED FLUID WITH SOME DEBRIS WAS FOUND IN THE CAPSULE. ALSO NOTED WAS A METAL STAINED CAPSULE AND CORROSION ON THE TRUNNION OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT. THE STEM AND SLEEVE WERE ADDED TO THE COMPLAINT AND THE COMPLAINT WAS RE-OPENED. DOR: (B)(6) 2013 (RIGHT HIP). EXAMINATION OF THE REPORTED DEVICES WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS THEY WERE NOT RETURNED. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINTS DATABASES FINDS NO OTHER REPORTS AGAINST THE FEMORAL STEM PRODUCT AND LOT CODE COMBINATION SINCE ITS RELEASE TO DISTRIBUTION. THE INVESTIGATION CAN DRAW NO CONCLUSION WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED REGARDING THE REPORTED STEM CORROSION. IT IS KNOWN THE ASR PLATFORM WAS VOLUNTARILY RECALLED FROM THE MARKET. BASED ON THE INABILITY TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE, THE NEED FOR FURTHER CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS NOT BEEN INDICATED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENTS REVISION OPERATIVE RECORDS WERE RECEIVED. UPON REVISION, CLEAR COLORED FLUID WITH SOME DEBRIS WAS FOUND IN THE CAPSULE. ALSO NOTED WAS A METAL STAINED CAPSULE AND CORROSION ON THE TRUNNION OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
175443 TRI-LOCK BPS SZ 4 STD OFFSET STEM KWA DEPUY SUZHOU DX6FJ1

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention