FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ALTRX NEUT 36IDX52OD

MDR report key: 3781231 · Received April 30, 2014

Report

Report Number
1818910-2014-17805
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 30, 2014
Date of Event
March 31, 2014
Report Date
March 31, 2014
Manufacturer
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910
Product Code
LPH
PMA / PMN Number
PK102423
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IA, 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. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS DISLOCATION. EXAMINATION OF THE REPORTED DEVICES WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS THEY WERE NOT RETURNED. IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED THE PATIENT WAS A RECURRENT DISLOCATOR AND THE SURGEON CHOSE TO REVISE THAT PATIENT TO A CONSTRAINED LINER. ACETABULAR AND FEMORAL POSITIONING CANNOT BE COMMENTED UPON AS NOT PATIENT X-RAYS WERE PROVIDED. ADDITIONAL EVENT INFORMATION AND INVESTIGATIONAL INPUTS WERE REQUESTED BUT NOT PROVIDED. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINTS DATABASES FINDS NO OTHER REPORTS AGAINST THE PROVIDED PRODUCT/LOT CODE COMBINATIONS SINCE THEIR RELEASE TO DISTRIBUTION. THE INVESTIGATION CAN DRAW NO CONCLUSION 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. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS DISLOCATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
258824 ALTRX NEUT 36IDX52OD HIP ACETABULAR INSERT/LINER LPH DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910 102014

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 81 YR Required Intervention