FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

6IN AML LRG STATURE 12.0 MM

MDR report key: 4131005 · Received October 1, 2014

Report

Report Number
1818910-2014-29159
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 1, 2014
Date of Event
January 7, 2013
Report Date
December 1, 2014
Manufacturer
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. - 1818910
Product Code
LPH
PMA / PMN Number
PK061833
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

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. (B)(4).

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. THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS ASEPTIC LOOSENING OF THE LEFT FEMORAL COMPONENT WITH PAINFUL HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION. EXAMINATION OF THE REPORTED DEVICES WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS THEY WERE NOT RETURNED. MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATE THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS ASEPTIC LOOSENING OF THE LEFT FEMORAL COMPONENT WITH PAINFUL HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION. THE ASR DEVICES ARE CONSIDERED NON-CONTRIBUTING TO THIS REPORT AND HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED/OBSOLETED AND WILL NOT BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINTS DATABASES AGAINST THE PROVIDED FEMORAL STEM PRODUCT/LOT CODE COMBINATION FINDS NO OTHER REPORTS. THE INVESTIGATION CAN DRAW NO CONCLUSIONS WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. BASED ON THE INABILITY TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS NOT BEEN INDICATED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL CLAIM RECEIVED. UPDATE REC'D 08/29/2014- LITIGATION PAPERS RECEIVED. LITIGATION ALLEGES PAIN, DISFIGUREMENT, AND PERMANENT PHYSICAL INJURIES. THE INVOICE WAS LOCATED, WHICH UPDATED PART/LOT. DOR IS UPDATED. THE EXISTING MDR DECISION HAS BEEN REVERSED AND THE ACETABULAR CUP AND FEMORAL HEAD HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE COMPLAINT WAS UPDATED ON: 09/15/2014. UPDATE REC¿D 9/15/2014 - MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED. PATIENT REVISED TO ADDRESS HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION. UPON REVISION, SUBSIDENCE AND LOOSENING OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT, AND NO SYMPTOMS OF METAL-ON-METAL DISEASES WERE NOTED. THE STEM IS BEING ADDED TO THE COMPLAINT. THIS COMPLAINT WAS UPDATED ON: 10/01/2014.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
612298 6IN AML LRG STATURE 12.0 MM HIP FEMORAL STEM/SLEEVE LPH DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. - 1818910 B12LK1000

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 75 YR Required Intervention