FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

HA R/H M/H 13X220 80% DISTAL

MDR report key: 3577494 · Received January 15, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2014-00452
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 15, 2014
Date of Event
March 30, 2011
Report Date
January 14, 2014
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
LPH
PMA / PMN Number
PK031693
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 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 6 OF 8 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-02812-1/02815-1 AND 1825034-2014-00451/00454).

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 WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2007 DUE TO BONE FRACTURE. 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¿S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
40338 HA R/H M/H 13X220 80% DISTAL PROSTHESIS, HIP LPH BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 762610

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R