FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT 56/50 CODE P

MDR report key: 3812570 · Received May 2, 2014

Report

Report Number
9613350-2014-03490
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 2, 2014
Date of Event
February 12, 2014
Report Date
April 4, 2014
Manufacturer
ZIMMER GMBH
Product Code
KWA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE MFR DID NOT RECEIVE DEVICES OR X-RAYS FOR REVIEW. WHERE LOT NUMBERS WERE RECEIVED FOR THE DEVICES, THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE CONFORMING. BASED ON AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF EVENTS REPORTED FROM SEVERAL USER FACILITIES OUTSIDE THE USA, ZIMMER IDENTIFIED THAT THE MOST PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE OUTCOME OBSERVED WAS A LOOSE OR UNSTABLE CUP THAT RESULTED FROM USE OF SURGICAL TECHNIQUES NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS. AS A CORRECTIVE ACTION, A RETRAINING PROGRAM FOR USERS OUTSIDE THE USA WAS INITIATED IN NOVEMBER 2009 AND REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL COMPETENT AUTHORITIES AS REQUIRED. THE DUROM CUP REPORTED IN THIS CASE IS NOT MARKETED IN THE USA. A SIMILAR CUP, COMPATIBLE WITH THE METASUL LDH FEMORAL HEAD, IS CLEARED IN THE USA AND A CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THIS PRODUCT WAS REPORTED TO THE FDA IN JULY 2008 AS NOTIFICATION Z-2415/2426-2008. SINCE THIS CASE IS RELATED TO THE ISSUES FOR WHICH ZIMMER IMPLEMENTED A CORRECTIVE ACTION THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THEREFORE, ZIMMER GMBH CONSIDERS THIS CASE AS CLOSED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PT WAS IMPLANTED WITH A DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT 56/50 CODE P ON THE LEFT/RIGHT SIDE IN (B)(6) 2007. THE PT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2014 DUE TO OSTEOLYSIS AND METALLOSIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
265335 DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT 56/50 CODE P DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT KWA ZIMMER GMBH 2386763

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 65 YR Hospitalization| R