FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A-MAGNUM PF CUP 48ODX42ID

MDR report key: 3112458 · Received May 14, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-01468
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 14, 2013
Date of Event
June 30, 2011
Report Date
April 15, 2013
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
PK042037
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, 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 6 STATES, "INADEQUATE RANGE OF MOTION DUE TO IMPROPER SELECTION OR POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS." 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 1825034-2013-01467 / 01469).

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) 2011 DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, SWELLING, INFLAMMATION, METALLOSIS, DAMAGE TO THE SURROUNDING BONE AND TISSUE, LACK OF MOBILITY, DISCOMFORT, SORENESS, DYSFUNCTION, AND LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION. 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.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
213595 M2A-MAGNUM PF CUP 48ODX42ID PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 563370

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R