FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A-MAGNUM MOD HD SZ 48MM

MDR report key: 3813080 · Received May 15, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2014-04165
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 15, 2014
Date of Event
March 3, 2014
Report Date
July 17, 2014
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
PK042037
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AL, 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 THESE TYPES OF EVENTS CAN OCCUR UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS: INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN. ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH METAL-ON-METAL ARTICULATING SURFACES. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 1 OF 2 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2014-04165 AND 04179).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING FILED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHICH WAS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL MEDWATCH.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2008. LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, IMPAIRMENT, SORENESS, LACK OF MOBILITY AND ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2014. 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
290422 M2A-MAGNUM MOD HD SZ 48MM PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 462980

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 54 YR Hospitalization| R