FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ARTICULEZE M HEAD 36MM +1.5

MDR report key: 3893075 · Received June 24, 2014

Report

Report Number
1818910-2014-21888
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 24, 2014
Date of Event
February 15, 2012
Report Date
June 16, 2014
Manufacturer
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US
Product Code
JDI
PMA / PMN Number
PK980513
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). PFS AND MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THESE RECORDS WERE RECEIVED THROUGH A PFS. THIS COMPLAINT IS NOT YET LEGAL. PFS ALLEGES PAIN, DISFIGUREMENT, AND DECREASED RANGE OF MOTION. AFTER REVIEW OF THE MEDICAL RECORDS THERE WAS NO MENTION OF METALLOSIS. IT DID INDICATE THE CUP HAD SOME SLIGHT RETROVERSION SO IT WAS REVISED. (B)(4). THE DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WERE NOT RETURNED. A COMPLAINT DATABASE SEARCH FINDS NO OTHER RELATED INCIDENTS AGAINST THE PROVIDED PRODUCT AND LOT COMBINATIONS. MEDICAL RECORDS WERE PROVIDED AND REVIEWED BY A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. FROM A MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE, BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, THE COMPLAINT IS NOT PRODUCT RELATED. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT VERIFY OR IDENTIFY ANY PRODUCT CONTRIBUTION TO THE REPORTED EVENT WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. BASED ON THE INABILITY TO IDENTIFY ROOT CAUSE, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS NOT 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.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE. THIS COMPLAINT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. DEPUY WILL NOTIFY THE FDA OF THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION ONCE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PFS AND MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THESE RECORDS WERE RECEIVED THROUGH A PFS. THIS COMPLAINT IS NOT YET LEGAL. PFS ALLEGES PAIN, DISFIGUREMENT, AND DECREASED RANGE OF MOTION. AFTER REVIEW OF THE MEDICAL RECORDS THERE WAS NO MENTION OF METALLOSIS. IT DID INDICATE THE CUP HAD SOME SLIGHT RETROVERSION SO IT WAS REVISED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
367831 ARTICULEZE M HEAD 36MM +1.5 HIP FEMORAL HEAD JDI DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US 2780681

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 47 YR Required Intervention