FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

COMPREHENSIVE REVERSE SHOULDER NON-LOCKING SCREW

MDR report key: 6715205 · Received July 14, 2017

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2017-04976
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 14, 2017
Date of Event
October 4, 2016
Report Date
February 2, 2018
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWS
PMA / PMN Number
PK132239
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE REPORTED EVENT IS CONFIRMED WITH REVIEW OF THE PROVIDED SURGICAL NOTES AS WELL AS THE RETURNED PRODUCTS. VISUAL EXAMINATION SHOWED GOUGES, NICKS AND EXCESSIVE WEAR. THIS VISUAL ABRASION CONFIRMS THE MIGRATION OF THE GLENOSPHERE, WHICH IS EVIDENCE OF DISASSOCIATION. AMONG THE RETURNED ITEMS WAS A SCREW NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER IMPLANTS; WHILE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IT CANNOT BE CONFIRMED WHETHER THIS SCREW WAS USED IN THE PRIMARY PROCEDURE. DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) WAS REVIEWED AND NO DISCREPANCIES RELEVANT TO THE REPORTED EVENT WERE FOUND. REVIEW OF THE COMPLAINT HISTORY DETERMINED THAT NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. 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.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). MEDICAL PRODUCTS-BASEPLATE CATALOG#:010000589 LOT#:184750, LOCKING SCREW. CATALOG#:180550 LOT#:808790, SCREW. CATALOG#:180561 LOT#:224880, BEARING. CATALOG#:XL-115363 LOT#:169800, SCREW. CATALOG#:115396 LOT#:399510, STEM. CATALOG#:113617 LOT#:909350, GLENOSPHERE. CATALOG#:115316 LOT#:321870, TRAY. CATALOG#:115370 LOT:910010, DRILL. CATALOG#:405883 LOT#:562300, PIN. CATALOG#:405800 LOT#:193340. THE DEVICE HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY ZIMMER BIOMET WARSAW FOR EVALUATION. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. MULTIPLE MDR REPORTS WERE FILED FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE SEE ASSOCIATED REPORTS:0001825034-2017-02775, 0001825034-2017-04973, 0001825034-2017-04977, 0001825034-2017-04978, 0001825034-2017-04979.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT IS REPORTED THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY REVISION APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS POST-IMPLANTATION DUE TO DISASSOCIATION OF THE TAPER FROM THE BASEPLATE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED IN REVISION OPERATIVE NOTES, ALSO NOTES THE PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN AND A GRINDING SENSATION PRIOR TO REVISION. DURING THE REVISION, SIGNIFICANT LINER EROSION WAS NOTED, AND THE BASEPLATE WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE, WITH MARKED GLENOID BONE DEFICIENCY. ALL COMPONENTS, EXCEPT THE HUMERAL STEM, WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
496637 COMPREHENSIVE REVERSE SHOULDER NON-LOCKING SCREW PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER KWS BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 119660

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 66 YR Hospitalization| R