FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

S-ROM M HEAD 36MM +0

MDR report key: 3112302 · Received May 14, 2013

Report

Report Number
1818910-2013-17072
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 14, 2013
Date of Event
May 8, 2006
Report Date
January 30, 2015
Manufacturer
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910
Product Code
JDI
UDI-DI
10603295033363
PMA / PMN Number
K120599
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS NOT RETURNED. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINT DATABASE AND/OR DHR REVIEW WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS THE PRODUCT AND LOT CODE REQUIRED WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT WITH THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. 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 ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE PERFORMED INVESTIGATION, THE COMPLAINT WILL BE RE-OPENED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LITIGATION ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERS FROM PAIN, DISCOMFORT, INFLAMMATION, AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF TOXIC COBALT CHROMIUM METAL ION PARTICLES TO BE RELEASED INTO THE BLOOD, TISSUE, AND BONE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
212008 S-ROM M HEAD 36MM +0 S-ROM FEMORAL HEADS (11/13) : HIP METAL FEMORAL HEADS JDI DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910 1064442 10603295033363

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 58 YR Female Required Intervention