FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

OSS AVL TIB BEARING 16MM

MDR report key: 3904138 · Received July 1, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2014-05849
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 1, 2014
Date of Event
August 3, 2009
Report Date
June 6, 2014
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KRO
PMA / PMN Number
PK051570
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

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. REVIEW OF STERILIZATION CERTIFICATION CONFIRMS DEVICE WAS STERILIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISO 11137-2. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS, NUMBER 2 STATES, ¿EARLY OR LATE POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION AND ALLERGIC REACTION.¿

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT ENROLLED IN A CLINICAL STUDY UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2007 FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. SUBSEQUENTLY, A REVISION PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2008 DUE TO INFECTION AND THE KNEE COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH CEMENT SPACERS. PATIENT UNDERWENT A REIMPLANTATION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008. IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT AN IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2009 DUE TO RECURRENT INFECTION. SUBSEQUENTLY, ON (B)(6) 2009, AN IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT WAS PERFORMED AND THE TIBIAL BEARING WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. ON (B)(6) 2012, PATIENT UNDERWENT AN IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT AND THE TIBIAL BEARING WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
383324 OSS AVL TIB BEARING 16MM PROSTHESIS, KNEE KRO BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 542500

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Hospitalization| R