FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

3.5MM MULTIDIRECT SCREW 65MM

MDR report key: 6620703 · Received June 7, 2017

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2017-03674
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 7, 2017
Date of Event
January 17, 2017
Report Date
June 6, 2017
Manufacturer
BIOMET TRAUMA
Product Code
HRS
PMA / PMN Number
PK111663
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION NECESSARY TO REVIEW MANUFACTURING HISTORY WAS NOT PROVIDED. CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT A CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. DATE EXPLANTED - IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE SCREW WAS REMOVED IN THE (B)(6) 2017 PROCEDURE. MULTIPLE MDR REPORTS WERE FILED FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE SEE ASSOCIATED REPORTS: 0001825034-2016-05039-1, 03672, 03673, 03674, 03677, 03678, 03679, AND 03680.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING REMOVAL OF A RIGHT PROXIMAL TIBIAL PLATE APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-TWO MONTHS POST-IMPLANTATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT SOME OF THE SCREWS WERE STRIPPED AND SOME OF THE LOCKING SCREWS WERE COLD WELDED TO THE PLATE. ULTIMATELY, THE PLATE AND ONE SCREW WERE LEFT IMPLANTED IN THE PATIENT, AS THEY WERE UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE REMOVAL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
400412 3.5MM MULTIDIRECT SCREW 65MM PLATE, FIXATION, BONE HRS BIOMET TRAUMA N/A NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention