FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN TM REVERSE GLENOSPHERE

MDR report key: 5071060 · Received September 11, 2015

Report

Report Number
1822565-2015-01783
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 11, 2015
Report Date
August 20, 2015
Manufacturer
ZIMMER INC
Product Code
KWR
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED VIA PUBLISHED LITERATURE. PLEASE REFERENCE LITERATURE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION: HTTP://WWW.SCIENCEDIRECT.COM/SCIENCE/ARTICLE/PII/S1058274613004436 (B)(4). CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: CATALOG #UNK, UNKNOWN TM REVERSE POLYETHYLENE LINER, LOT #UNK. OPERATIVE NOTES WERE REQUESTED HOWEVER NONE PROVIDED. RELEVANT MEDICAL HISTORY AND ADHERENCE TO REHABILITATION PROTOCOL ARE UNKNOWN. NO DEVICES OR PHOTOS WERE RECEIVED; THEREFORE THE CONDITION OF THE COMPONENTS IS UNKNOWN. THE PART AND LOT NUMBERS OF THE PRODUCT ARE UNKNOWN; THEREFORE THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED. THESE PRODUCTS WERE USED FOR TREATMENT. THE COMPLAINT HISTORY FOR THESE PRODUCTS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED DUE TO THE LACK OF LOT NUMBERS. IT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED IF THE DEVICES ARE AN APPROVED AND COMPATIBLE COMBINATION. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT VERIFY OR IDENTIFY ANY EVIDENCE OF PRODUCT CONTRIBUTION TO THE REPORTED PROBLEM. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NOT INDICATED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL SUBSTANTIVE INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE COMPLAINT WILL BE REOPENED. ZIMMER, INC. CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT 10 PATIENTS RECEIVING ZIMMER IMPLANTS EXPERIENCED DISLOCATION AND WERE TREATED WITH AN UNKNOWN METHOD OF REDUCTION AND/OR REVISION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
602963 UNKNOWN TM REVERSE GLENOSPHERE SHOULDER PROSTHESIS KWR ZIMMER INC

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention