FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM

MDR report key: 3940837 · Received July 17, 2014

Report

Report Number
1030489-2014-03252
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 17, 2014
Date of Event
June 19, 2014
Report Date
June 19, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC
Product Code
NKB
PMA / PMN Number
K122862
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR APPLICABLE IMAGING FILMS WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION, THEREFORE, THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL INFO: VISUAL AND OPTICAL EXAMINATION OF COMPLAINT RETURN INSTRUMENTS DID NOT IDENTIFY MATERIAL ISSUE, WITH RESPECT TO DEFORMATION, CRACK, FRACTURE, OR DISASSEMBLY. NO MATERIAL WITNESS MARKS NOTED ON TWO OF THE FOUR MAS HEAD ENGAGEMENT TAB AREAS. NO ISSUES WITH OPENING OR CLOSING THE INSTRUMENT WITH A SAMPLE MAS. UNABLE TO REPLICATE CUSTOMER CONCERN; AFTER VISUAL, OPTICAL AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION, NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND THAT WOULD SUGGEST A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING OR PROCESSING OF THE IMPLANT OR ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS. CONCLUSION: THE INSTRUMENT APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ITS INTENDED FUNCTION. NOTE: THE RETURNED INSTRUMENT PN# 7578302 LOT# EM14E021 DOES NOT MATCH INITIAL RECORDED LOT# EM12H024.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A POSTERIOR SPINAL SURGERY AT L1-ILIUM. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE TIP OF THE EXTENDER BROKE OFF DURING USE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
418700 CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION, FOR DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE NKB MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC NA EM12H024

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1