BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    POROUS INTEGRAL REDUCED PROXIMAL PROFILE 11X135

    MDR report key: 3183687 · Received June 22, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    0001825034-2013-02146
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    June 22, 2013
    Date of Event
    March 24, 2010
    Report Date
    January 7, 2014
    Manufacturer
    BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
    Product Code
    LPH
    PMA / PMN Number
    PK030055
    Removal / Correction Number
    N/A
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    TX, US
    Reporter Occupation
    ATTORNEY

    Narratives

    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 5 OF 5 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-02143 / 02146 & 00995).

    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 4 OF 5 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-02143 / 02146 AND 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. 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.

    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.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    284373 POROUS INTEGRAL REDUCED PROXIMAL PROFILE 11X135 PROSTHESIS, HIP LPH BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 123070

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Hospitalization| R