FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT 54/48 CODE N

MDR report key: 4151969 · Received October 6, 2014

Report

Report Number
9613350-2014-03936
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 6, 2014
Date of Event
September 24, 2012
Report Date
September 8, 2014
Manufacturer
ZIMMER GMBH
Product Code
KWA
Removal / Correction Number
9613350-07/15/2008-001C
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS CASE WAS REOPENED ON OCTOBER 07, 2015 TO ENTER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHICH HAD BEEN RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2015. SINCE THIS CASE IS RELATED TO THE ISSUES FOR WHICH ZIMMER IMPLEMENTED A NOTIFICATION IN JULY 2008, ZIMMER (B)(4) WILL CLOSE THIS CASE ONCE AGAIN. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT RECEIVE DEVICES OR X-RAYS FOR REVIEW. AS NO LOT NUMBERS WERE PROVIDED FOR THE DEVICES, THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED. WHILE A CAUSE FOR THIS SPECIFIC EVENT CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE COMMON CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL IMPLANTATION SUGGEST THAT THIS CASE IS RELATED TO THE ISSUES FOR WHICH ZIMMER IMPLEMENTED A NOTIFICATION IN JULY,2008 AS REFERENCED ABOVE. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE AND/OR THE DEVICE(S) BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AND AN INVESTIGATION RESULT BECOMES AVAILABLE, THAT CHANGES THIS ASSESSMENT, AN AMENDED MEDICAL DEVICE REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. THE NEED FOR FURTHER CORRECTIVE MEASURES IS NOT INDICATED AT THIS TIME. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT HAS NOW BEEN REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED A DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT 54/48 CODE N. THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO FLUID COLLECTION, INFLAMMATION, WEAR AND ELEVATED METAL IONS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PRODUCT LIABILITY CLAIM WAS RAISED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED A DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT ON THE RIGHT SIDE ON (B)(6) 2007. THE PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2012 DUE TO UNKNOWN REASONS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
624365 DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT 54/48 CODE N DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT AND METASUL LDH KWA ZIMMER GMBH 2375895

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 32 YR Hospitalization| R