FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN DEPUY PATELLA

MDR report key: 3231299 · Received July 17, 2013

Report

Report Number
1818910-2013-21435
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 17, 2013
Date of Event
July 1, 2013
Report Date
July 1, 2013
Manufacturer
1818910 DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.
Product Code
JWH
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS NOT RETURNED. PRODUCT INFORMATION REQUIRED IN RETRIEVING THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS FOR REVIEW AND/OR SEARCHING THE COMPLAINT DATABASE BY LOT CODE WAS NOT PROVIDED. 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 AND/OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED.

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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS OSTEOLYSIS AND LOOSENING OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT. THE LOOSENING WAS AT THE BONE/CEMENT INTERFACE WITH COMPETITOR CEMENT; THEREFORE, THE LOOSENING CANNOT BE ATTRIBUTED TO DEPUY PRODUCT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
331557 UNKNOWN DEPUY PATELLA PATELLA JWH 1818910 DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 70 YR Required Intervention