FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MATRIX LOCKING CAP WITHOUT SADDLE

MDR report key: 4171582 · Received October 14, 2014

Report

Report Number
2520274-2014-14127
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 14, 2014
Report Date
September 18, 2014
Manufacturer
SYNTHES (USA)
Product Code
NKB
PMA / PMN Number
PK120838
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. ADDITIONAL COMMON DEVICE NAMES: MNH, MNI, KWQ, KWP. REPORTED ONLY AS APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. WITHOUT A LOT NUMBER THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED; NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN, AS NO PRODUCT WAS RECEIVED. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE REPORT FROM SYNTHES (B)(4) REPORTS AN EVENT IN (B)(6) AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED A POSTERIOR LUMBAR FUSION (PLIF) CONSTRUCT WAS PERFORMED APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THIS REPORT. THE PATIENT FELL AND REPORTED HE COULD HEAR A SQUEAKING NOISE BUT HAD NO PAIN. A REVISION WAS PERFORMED DUE TO 2 OF THE SCREWS HAD BROKEN AND THE PATIENT HAD NOT FUSED ONE YEAR POST-OPERATIVE AND WAS OF A HEALTHY WEIGHT RANGE. THIS IS REPORT 7 OF 10 FOR COM-(B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
650162 MATRIX LOCKING CAP WITHOUT SADDLE ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION, FOR DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE NKB SYNTHES (USA)

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention