FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

28MM DIA COCR MOD HD -3MM NK

MDR report key: 3953269 · Received July 23, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2014-06361
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 23, 2014
Report Date
April 29, 2015
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
JDI
PMA / PMN Number
PK911684
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

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 ASSOCIATED DEVIATION. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS NUMBER 1 STATES, "MATERIAL SENSITIVITY REACTIONS." NUMBER 6 STATES, "INADEQUATE RANGE OF MOTION DUE TO IMPROPER SELECTION OR POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS." NUMBER 14 STATES, "POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND PAIN." THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT, AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2004 AND A LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2012. PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL FURTHER REPORTS PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, BONE/TISSUE DAMAGE, ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS AND METALLOSIS. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT HIP REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTED LEFT HIP REVISION PROCEDURE TO DATE. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED IN OPERATIVE REPORT NOTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT HIP REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 DUE TO TISSUE REACTION SECONDARY TO METAL ON METAL ARTICULATION. OPERATIVE REPORT FURTHER NOTED SEROUS FLUID AND EROSION OF THE GREATER TROCHANTER.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2004 AND A LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2012. PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL FURTHER REPORTS PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, BONE/TISSUE DAMAGE, ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS AND METALLOSIS. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT HIP REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012. THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTED LEFT HIP REVISION PROCEDURE TO DATE. 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
432014 28MM DIA COCR MOD HD -3MM NK PROSTHESIS, HIP JDI BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 201460

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention