FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TAPERLOC POR LAT FMRL 12.5X145

MDR report key: 3567432 · Received January 10, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2014-00277
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 10, 2014
Report Date
December 11, 2013
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
LPH
PMA / PMN Number
PK921301
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, 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: ¿INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN.¿ AND ¿MATERIAL SENSITIVITY REACTIONS.¿ AND "INADEQUATE RANGE OF MOTION DUE TO IMPROPER SELECTION OR POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS." 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 3 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2014-00275/-00276/-00277).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2003. PATIENT ALLEGES PAIN, SWELLING, INFLAMMATION, DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING BONE/TISSUE, LACK OF MOBILITY, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, METAL POISONING, AND METALLOSIS. THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTED REVISION PROCEDURE. 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
19270 TAPERLOC POR LAT FMRL 12.5X145 PROTHESIS, HIP LPH BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 813240

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R