FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN_RECONSTRUCTIVE_PRODUCT

MDR report key: 4140319 · Received October 3, 2014

Report

Report Number
0002249697-2014-03749
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 3, 2014
Date of Event
January 1, 1995
Report Date
September 10, 2014
Manufacturer
STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS-MAHWAH
Product Code
JDI
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
HI, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AN EVENT REGARDING REVISION INVOLVING AN UNKNOWN KNEE WAS REPORTED. THE EVENT WAS NOT CONFIRMED. METHOD & RESULTS: -DEVICE EVALUATION AND RESULTS: COULD NOT BE PERFORMED AS NO ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT WERE RETURNED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR IDENTIFICATION OR EVALUATION. -MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED AND EVALUATION: NO PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS WERE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. -DEVICE HISTORY REVIEW: A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED AS NO LOT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. -COMPLAINT HISTORY REVIEW: A COMPLAINT HISTORY REVIEW COULD NOT BE PERFORMED AS NO LOT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. CONCLUSIONS: THE EVENT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED NOR THE ROOT CAUSE DETERMINED BECAUSE THE DEVICES WERE NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AND INSUFFICIENT MEDICAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE EVENT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED NOR THE ROOT CAUSE DETERMINED BECAUSE THE DEVICES WERE NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AND INSUFFICIENT MEDICAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. IF THE DEVICES AND/OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ARE RECEIVED, THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE REOPENED AND RE-EVALUATED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CATALOG NUMBER, LOT CODE, SPECIFIC DEVICE DESCRIPTION AND REASON FOR THE REVISION WERE NOT PROVIDED. THE DEVICE IS AN UNKNOWN RIGHT KNEE. THE SALES REPRESENTATIVE WAS TOLD THAT THE SURGEON THAT HE BELIEVED THE PATIENT HAD A PREVIOUS KNEE REVISION IN 1995. THE SALES REP CONFIRMED THAT THE HOSPITAL WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO ACCESS ANY OF THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS TO CLARIFY THIS REVISION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY SALES REP THAT PATIENT HAD REVISION OF RIGHT KNEE IN 1999. SALES REP IS UNAWARE OF THE REASONS. 09/17/2014: ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION WITH THE SALES REP INDICATED THAT THE SURGEON BELIEVED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A REVISION IN 1995 BUT HE WAS UNCERTAIN IF STRYKER DEVICES WERE REVISED AT THAT TIME. THE DETAILS OF THESE REVISIONS ARE NOT CLEAR.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY SALES REP THAT PATIENT HAD REVISION OF RIGHT KNEE IN 1999. SALES REP IS UNAWARE OF THE REASONS. ON 09/17/2014: ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION WITH THE SALES REP INDICATED THAT THE SURGEON BELIEVED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A REVISION IN 1995 BUT HE WAS UNCERTAIN IF STRYKER DEVICES WERE REVISED AT THAT TIME. THE DETAILS OF THESE REVISIONS ARE NOT CLEAR.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY SALES REP THAT PATIENT HAD REVISION OF RIGHT KNEE IN 1999. SALES REP IS UNAWARE OF THE REASONS. ON (B)(6) 2014: ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION WITH THE SALES REP INDICATED THAT THE SURGEON BELIEVED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A REVISION IN 1995 BUT HE WAS UNCERTAIN IF STRYKER DEVICES WERE REVISED AT THAT TIME. THE DETAILS OF THESE REVISIONS ARE NOT CLEAR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
619086 UNKNOWN_RECONSTRUCTIVE_PRODUCT IMPLANT JDI STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS-MAHWAH UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R