FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNK COMP LOCKING SCREW

MDR report key: 3671129 · Received March 10, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2014-01525
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 10, 2014
Date of Event
February 10, 2014
Report Date
February 10, 2014
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWS
PMA / PMN Number
PK080642
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SD, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

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 10 STATES, "FATIGUE FRACTURE OF COMPONENT CAN OCCUR AS A RESULT OF LOSS OF FIXATION, STRENUOUS ACTIVITY, MALALIGNMENT, TRAUMA, NON-UNION, OR EXCESSIVE WEIGHT." THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS COULD NOT BE COMPLETED DUE TO THE PART/LOT INFORMATION COULD BE: CATEGORY NUMBER - 180501; LOT NUMBER - 445930; EXPIRATION DATE - JAN 31, 2023; MANUFACTURE DATE ¿ JAN 15, 2013. OR THE PART/LOT INFORMATION COULD BE: CATEGORY NUMBER - 180503; LOT NUMBER - 013390; EXPIRATION DATE - NOV 30, 2022; MANUFACTURE DATE ¿ NOV 27, 2012.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2013. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2014 DUE TO THE GLENOSPHERE PULLING AWAY FROM THE GLENOID AND FRACTURING ONE OF THE LOCKING SCREWS AFTER A PATIENT FALL. THE FRACTURED SCREW REMAINS IN THE PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
143142 UNK COMP LOCKING SCREW PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER KWS BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention