FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A-MAGNUM PF CUP 54ODX48ID

MDR report key: 3241175 · Received July 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-02812
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 22, 2013
Date of Event
March 30, 2011
Report Date
June 24, 2013
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
PK042037
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 OR DEVIATION. 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.", NUMBER 6 STATES, ¿INADEQUATE RANGE OF MOTION DUE TO IMPROPER SELECTION OR POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS.¿ NUMBER 14 STATES, ¿INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN.¿ AND NUMBER 15 STATES, "ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH METAL ON METAL ARTICULATING SURFACES." THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 1 OF 4 MDRS FILED FOR THIS EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-012812 / 02815).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING FILED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHICH WAS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL MEDWATCH. 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 1 STATES, ¿MATERIAL SENSITIVITY REACTIONS.¿ NUMBER 14 STATES, ¿INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN.¿ THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PATIENT¿S COMPLAINT, AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 1 OF 8 MDR'S FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-02815-1 AND 1825034-2014-00451/00454).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2006. LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTS PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, DISCOMFORT, SORENESS, DYSFUNCTION, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, LACK OF MOBILITY, ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS AND METALLOSIS. REVIEW OF INVOICE HISTORY CONFIRMS A REVISION PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED (B)(6)2011. THE CUP, HEAD, ADAPTER AND STEM WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO DATE. 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 PATIENT REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2006. PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, LACK OF MOBILITY, METALLOSIS AND METAL POISONING. REVIEW OF INVOICE HISTORY INDICATES PATIENT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2007 WHEREIN A CABLE SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED AND THE MODULAR HEAD, TAPER ADAPTER AND STEM WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT ALLEGES THE PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2011. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF铠COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
340568 M2A-MAGNUM PF CUP 54ODX48ID PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 956390

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R