FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A MAGNUM TRI-SPIKE CUP 56MM OD X 50MM ID

MDR report key: 6214087 · Received December 29, 2016

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2016-05369
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 29, 2016
Date of Event
March 18, 2015
Report Date
October 11, 2017
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
PK062995
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT A CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS SHOW THAT LOT RELEASED WITH NO RECORDED ANOMALY OR DEVIATION. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT THESE TYPES OF EVENTS CAN OCCUR. UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS, NUMBER 1 STATES, "MATERIAL SENSITIVITY REACTIONS." AND, "PARTICULATE WEAR DEBRIS AND DISCOLORATION FROM METALLIC AND POLYETHYLENE COMPONENTS OF JOINT IMPLANTS MAY BE PRESENT IN ADJACENT TISSUE OR FLUID." NUMBER 11 STATES, "WEAR AND/OR DEFORMATION OF ARTICULATING SURFACES." NUMBER 14 STATES, "INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN." NUMBER 15 STATES, "ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH METAL-ON-METAL ARTICULATING SURFACES." THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT, AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL AND CORRECTED INFORMATION. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: TAPERLOC POR RED/DIST 13.5X147 ITEM#12-103207 LOT#080050, M2A-MAGNUM 42-50 MM TPR INSRT-6 LOT#941840 ITEM#139252, M2A-MAGNUM MOD HD SZ 50 MM LOT#681990 ITEM#157450. REPORTED EVENT WAS CONFIRMED BY REVIEW OF MEDICAL RECORDS. DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) WAS REVIEWED AND NO DISCREPANCIES RELEVANT TO THE REPORTED EVENT WERE FOUND. THE REPORTED COMPONENTS WERE REVIEWED FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH NO ISSUES NOTED. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS, PREVENTIVE ACTIONS, OR FIELD ACTIONS RESULTED AFTER INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT. IF ANY FURTHER INFORMATION IS FOUND WHICH WOULD CHANGE OR ALTER ANY CONCLUSIONS OR INFORMATION, A SUPPLEMENTAL WILL BE FILED ACCORDINGLY. ZIMMER BIOMET WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR TRENDS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT HIP REVISION PROCEDURE APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS POST-IMPLANTATION DUE TO PAIN, ADVERSE LOCAL TISSUE REACTION, ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS AND WEAR. DURING THE PROCEDURE, CLOUDY BROWN FLUID WAS NOTED. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH COMPETITOR PRODUCT. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT, AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
862620 M2A MAGNUM TRI-SPIKE CUP 56MM OD X 50MM ID PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 031080

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 63 YR Hospitalization| R