FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT

MDR report key: 4780346 · Received May 14, 2015

Report

Report Number
9613350-2015-00547
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 14, 2015
Date of Event
April 23, 2015
Report Date
April 23, 2015
Manufacturer
ZIMMER GMBH
Product Code
KWA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE MFR 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. BASED ON AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF EVENTS REPORTED FROM SEVERAL USER FACILITIES OUTSIDE THE USA, ZIMMER IDENTIFIED THAT THE MOST PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE OUTCOME OBSERVED WAS A LOOSE OR UNSTABLE CUP THAT RESULTED FROM USE OF SURGICAL TECHNIQUES NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS. AS A CORRECTIVE ACTION, A RETRAINING PROGRAM FOR USERS OUTSIDE THE USA WAS INITIATED IN NOVEMBER 2009 AND REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL COMPETENT AUTHORITIES AS REQUIRED. THE DUROM CUP REPORTED IN THIS CASE IS NOT MARKETED IN THE USA. A SIMILAR CUP, COMPATIBLE WITH THE METASUL LDH FEMORAL HEAD, IS CLEARED IN THE USA AND A CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THIS PRODUCT WAS REPORTED TO THE FDA IN JULY 2008 AS NOTIFICATION Z-2415/2426-2008. SINCE THIS CASE IS RELATED TO THE ISSUES FOR WHICH ZIMMER IMPLEMENTED A CORRECTIVE ACTION THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PT WAS IMPLANTED A DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT ON UNK SIDE (EXACT DATE NOT REPORTED). THE PT WAS REVISED DUE TO ADVERSE REACTION TO METAL DEBRIS (ARMD) (EXACT DATE NOT REPORTED).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
316847 DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT AND METASUL KWA ZIMMER GMBH UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R