FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A 38MMX52MM CUP

MDR report key: 3183683 · Received June 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-02145
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 22, 2013
Date of Event
March 24, 2010
Report Date
January 7, 2014
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
PK011110
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, 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. 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.¿ THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT, AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 3 OF 5 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-02143 / 02146 & 00995).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING FILED TO RELAY FURTHER PATIENT INFORMATION WHICH WAS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL MEDWATCH. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 4 OF 5 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-02143 / 02146 & 00995).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PATIENT REPORTS THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2004 AND A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2004. PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL FURTHER REPORTS THAT A LEFT REVISION PROCEDURE OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2010. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED IN PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATES THAT THE REVISION PROCEDURE THAT TOOK PLACE ON (B)(6) 2010, WAS DUE TO METALLOSIS, ALVAL REACTION, AND A PSEUDOCAPSULE. THE OPERATIVE NOTES CONFIRM THAT THE ACETABULAR CUP AND HEAD WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PATIENT REPORTS THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6), 2004 AND A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6), 2004. PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL FURTHER REPORTS THAT A LEFT REVISION PROCEDURE OCCURRED ON (B)(6), 2010. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED IN PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATES THAT THE REVISION PROCEDURE THAT TOOK PLACE ON (B)(6), 2010 WAS DUE TO METALLOSIS, ALVAL REACTION, AND A PSEUDOCAPSULE. THE OPERATIVE NOTES CONFIRM THAT THE ACETABULAR CUP AND HEAD WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTS PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF NEGATIVE EFFECTS TO TISSUE, BONES, MUSCLES AND LIGAMENTS. 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
284220 M2A 38MMX52MM CUP PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 293590

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R