FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

HUNTER

MDR report key: 6710086 · Received July 13, 2017

Report

Report Number
1043534-2017-00076
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 13, 2017
Date of Event
June 15, 2017
Report Date
June 15, 2017
Manufacturer
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Product Code
HXR
PMA / PMN Number
K853438
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR APPLICABLE IMAGING FILMS WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION, THEREFORE, THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE TENDON ROD WAS RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. VISUAL EXAMINATION CONFIRMS THAT THE DEVICE HAS FRACTURED AT THE SUTURED END OF THE ROD. ALSO VISUAL EXAMINATION SHOWS THAT THE SUTURE HAD NOT BEEN PASSED THROUGH THE POLYESTER CORE WHICH INDICATES THAT THE SUTURE WAS NOT PASSED THROUGH THE POLYESTER TAPE CORE INITIALLY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. SOMETIME POST-OP THE TENDON ROD RUPTURED. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE TENDON ROD. NO ADDITIONAL PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
491799 HUNTER SPATULA, ORTHOPEDIC HXR WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. TR300000 1594606

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Required Intervention