FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SROM STM ST,36+6L NK,11X16X150

MDR report key: 3253863 · Received July 30, 2013

Report

Report Number
1818910-2013-22449
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 30, 2013
Date of Event
July 17, 2013
Report Date
July 17, 2013
Manufacturer
9616671 DEPUY IRELAND
Product Code
LPH
PMA / PMN Number
PK954935
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

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.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EXAMINATION OF THE REPORTED DEVICES WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS THEY WERE NOT RETURNED. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINTS DATABASES RETURNED TWO OTHER REPORTS AGAINST THE 1960650 LOT CODE WITH UNDETERMINED CONCLUSIONS, WHILE NO OTHER REPORTS WERE FOUND AGAINST THE 1905284 AND 1944324 LOT CODES. A REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS FINDS NO RELATED MANUFACTURING DEVIATIONS OR ANOMALIES THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT. REVIEW OF PROVIDED PATIENT X-RAYS FINDS THE FEMORAL STEM APPEARS TO BE IN VARUS AT TIME THE IMAGE WAS TAKEN. THE STEM APPEARS TO BE DISTALLY IMPINGING ON THE LATERAL CORTICAL WALL; THERE IS ALSO A CORTICAL BONE PROJECTION (POSSIBLY FROM BONE REMODELING) DISTAL TO THE STEM LEADING UP TO THE CENTER OF THE DISTAL TIP. THE INVESTIGATION CAN DRAW NO CONCLUSIONS WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. BASED ON THE INABILITY TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS NOT BEEN INDICATED. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

REASON FOR REVISION: LOOSE STEM.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
355003 SROM STM ST,36+6L NK,11X16X150 FEMORAL HIP STEM LPH 9616671 DEPUY IRELAND 1960650

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 80 YR Required Intervention