BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    PINNACLE MTL INS NEUT36IDX56OD

    MDR report key: 3161384 · Received June 11, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    1818910-2013-18564
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    June 11, 2013
    Date of Event
    September 28, 2012
    Report Date
    January 13, 2014
    Manufacturer
    DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910
    Product Code
    KWA
    PMA / PMN Number
    PK003523
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    CO, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    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

    ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE: IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE. UPDATE REC'D (B)(4) 2014- PFS AND MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED. REVISION OPERATIVE NOTES CONFIRM THE TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE, LYSIS, AND METAL DEBRIS. ADDITIONALLY, FLUID AND CORROSION WAS NOTED. THE SLEEVE HAS NOW BEEN ADDED. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. 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 STILL NOT RETURNED. REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONAL INPUTS WERE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH WI-7915 APPENDIX A; REV. D. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT. 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 OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE PERFORMED INVESTIGATION, THE COMPLAINT WILL BE RE-OPENED.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THE 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

    DEPUY STILL CONSIDERS THIS INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. (B)(4).

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). EXAMINATION OF THE REPORTED DEVICES WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS THEY WERE NOT RETURNED. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINTS DATABASES IDENTIFIED OTHER REPORTS AGAINST THE LINER. PER PROCEDURE, THIS DEVICE IS EXEMPT FROM DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINTS DATABASES IDENTIFIED NO OTHER RELATED REPORTS AGAINST THE REMAINING PRODUCT/LOT CODE COMBINATIONS. X-RAYS WERE REVIEWED. THE INVESTIGATION CAN DRAW NO CONCLUSIONS WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. BASED ON THE INABILITY TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS NOT BEEN INDICATED. DEPUY STILL CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    NO DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED FOR EXAMINATION. BASED ON PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS THIS COMPLICATION OF JOINT REPLACEMENT IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF A DEVICE FAILING TO MEET REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS. 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. CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS NOT INDICATED. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    THE COMPLAINT HAS BEEN REOPENED BECAUSE IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2013 TO ADDRESS OSTEOLYSIS. A SMALL PART OF THE GREATER TROCHANTER HAD PULLED OFF (REASONABLE TO CONCLUDE THIS WAS DUE TO THE OSTEOLYSIS). SIGNIFICANT METAL DEBRIS WAS FOUND AT THE TRUNION OF THE HEAD AND STEM.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    UPDATE 3/9/16, 3/14/16 MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED. MEDICAL RECORDS REVIEWED FOR MDR REPORTABILITY. THERE IS NO NEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WOULD AFFECT THE EXISTING INVESTIGATION. THE COMPLAINT WAS UPDATED ON: MAR 23, 2016.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    263386 PINNACLE MTL INS NEUT36IDX56OD ACETABULAR LINER KWA DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910 1077358

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 50 YR Required Intervention