FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM

MDR report key: 3792572 · Received May 6, 2014

Report

Report Number
1030489-2014-02406
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 6, 2014
Date of Event
April 4, 2014
Report Date
April 8, 2014
Manufacturer
WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWP
PMA / PMN Number
K981676
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL INFO: MACROSCOPIC AND OPTICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED THREAD CREST AND FLANK DAMAGE; THIS DAMAGE APPEARS TO HAVE INITIATED AT THE START OF THE THREAD, AND IS CONSISTENT AROUND THE DAMAGED PORTION OF THE THREAD. FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION WITH SAMPLE M8 MAS HEAD FOUND ALL SET SCREWS UNABLE TO BE ENGAGED. THE ABOVE OBSERVATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH MISALIGNMENT OF THE MAS AND SET SCREW THREADS DURING CONSTRUCT ASSEMBLY.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR APPLICABLE IMAGING FILMS WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION, THEREFORE, THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A POSTERIOR SPINAL SURGICAL PROCEDURE. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SET SCREW SLIPPED DURING INSERTION INTO THE BONE SCREW. THE SET SCREW WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
270634 CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL KWP WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS NA 0272102W

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00049 YR BONE SCREW