BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    M2A-TAPER LINER SZ 41/28

    MDR report key: 3901594 · Received June 30, 2014

    Report

    Report Number
    0001825034-2014-05774
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    June 30, 2014
    Report Date
    June 11, 2014
    Manufacturer
    BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
    Product Code
    KWA
    PMA / PMN Number
    PK993438
    Removal / Correction Number
    N/A
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    MN, 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 RELATED TO THE EVENT. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS: "MATERIAL SENSITIVITY REACTIONS.¿ AND "INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN." AND "INADEQUATE RANGE OF MOTION DUE TO IMPROPER SELECTION OR POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS." AND "ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH METAL-ON-METAL ARTICULATING SURFACES." THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 3 OF 3 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME PATIENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2014-03490 /-044181 /-05774).

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT A TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL FURTHER REPORTED PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PERSONAL INJURY. THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTED REVISION PROCEDURE TO DATE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM PATIENT¿S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORT PATIENT¿S LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2001 AND PATIENT¿S RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2005. PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL FURTHER REPORTED PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, INFLAMMATION, DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING BONE AND TISSUE, SORENESS, DYSFUNCTION, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, METALLOSIS, LACK OF MOBILITY, AND ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS. 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
    379347 M2A-TAPER LINER SZ 41/28 PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 220520

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Hospitalization