FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TERMINAL CUP IMPACTOR FOR METAL BACK CC

MDR report key: 6249489 · Received January 13, 2017

Report

Report Number
3005180920-2016-00736
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 13, 2017
Date of Event
December 15, 2016
Report Date
January 13, 2017
Manufacturer
MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL SA
Product Code
LXH
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ON 12 JANUARY 2017 THE R&D PROJECT MANAGER PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RETRIEVED ITEMS AND COMMENTED AS FOLLOWS: TERMINAL CUP IMPACTOR FOR METAL BACK CC WAS STUCK IN VERSAFIT CUP METALBACK CC TRIO Ø 46. WE NEEDED OF A HEXAGONAL KEY TO DISASSEMBLY THE TERMINAL. THE BALIT C COVERING WAS ALMOST ABSENT ON THE SURFACE OF THE CONTACT WITH CUP. THIS IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. BATCH REVIEWS PERFORMED ON 13 JANUARY 2017. LOT 1651156: (B)(4) ITEMS MANUFACTURED AND RELEASED ON 21 JULY 2016. NO ANOMALIES FOUND RELATED TO THE PROBLEM. TO DATE, NO SIMILAR EVENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON ITEMS OF THE SAME LOT. VERSAFITCUP CC TRIO ACETABULAR SHELL Ø 46, CODE 01.26.45.0046, LOT. 147712 (K103352) (B)(4) ITEMS MANUFACTURED AND RELEASED ON 26 FEBRUARY 2015. EXPIRATION DATE: 2020-01-31. NO ANOMALIES FOUND RELATED TO THE PROBLEM. TO DATE, (B)(4) ITEMS OF THE SAME LOT HAVE BEEN ALREADY SOLD WITHOUT ANY SIMILAR REPORTED EVENT. DEVICE NOT YET RECEIVED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE TERMINAL CUP IMPACTOR FOR METAL BACK CC, STUCK IN VERSAFIT CUP METALBACK CC TRIO Ø 46, CAN'T BE DISCONNECTED. THE SURGEON TOOK A NEW VERSAFIT CUP METALBACK CC TRIO Ø 46 AND IMPACTED IT WITH THE STRAIGHT IMPACTOR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
34811 TERMINAL CUP IMPACTOR FOR METAL BACK CC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR HIP LXH MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL SA 1651156

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR Other