FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BIO-MOD 54X22MM HD 4MM OFFSET

MDR report key: 3180719 · Received June 20, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-02094
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 20, 2013
Date of Event
May 24, 2013
Report Date
May 29, 2013
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWS
PMA / PMN Number
PK992889
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WI, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EXAMINATION OF RETURNED DEVICE FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE FRACTURE IS UNKNOWN DUE TO POST FRACTURE DAMAGE. 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 9 STATES, "FATIGUE FRACTURE OF COMPONENT CAN OCCUR AS A RESULT OF LOSS OF FIXATION, STRENUOUS ACTIVITY, MALALIGNMENT, TRAUMA, NON-UNION, OR EXCESSIVE WEIGHT."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL HEMI-SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2003. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2013 DUE TO A HEAD FRACTURE. THE SURGEON REVISED FROM A HEMI-SHOULDER TO A REVERSE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
280651 BIO-MOD 54X22MM HD 4MM OFFSET PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER KWS BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 783540

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R