FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

FINN MOD TIBIAL BEARING STD 22

MDR report key: 6882663 · Received September 21, 2017

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2017-07087
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 21, 2017
Date of Event
August 7, 2009
Report Date
September 13, 2017
Manufacturer
ZIMMER BIOMET, INC.
Product Code
KRO
PMA / PMN Number
PK945028
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: P/N 150479 OSS REINFORCED YOKE L/N 412810, P/N 153803 FINN SEGMENTAL RT FEMORAL L/N 129420, P/N 153851 FINN TIBIAL BUSHING L/N 126190, P/N 153852 FINN FEMORAL BUSHING SET OF 2 L/N 234670, P/N 153872 FINN AXLE L/N 241740, P/N 153992 FINN MOD TIBIAL BEARING STD 22 L/N 992340, P/N 150410 OSS TIBIAL POLY BEARING 12MM L/N 249130, P/N 150443 OSS MOD PROX TIB 9CM L/N 811890. P/N 150446 OSS CMNTD PROX TIB STEM 13X150 L/N 023950. P/N 153841 FINN LG LOCKING SCREW L/N 139210. P/N 150479 OSS REINFORCED YOKE L/N 412810. P/N 153803 FINN SEGMENTAL RT FEMORAL L/N 129420. P/N 153851 FINN TIBIAL BUSHING L/N 126190, P/N 153852 FINN FEMORAL BUSHING SET OF 2 L/N 234670, P/N 153872 FINN AXLE L/N 241740. THE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROCESS. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO A RIGHT KNEE INFECTION. WARMTH, SWELLING, PAIN, AND DISCOMFORT WERE REPORTED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, THE PATIENT HAS BEEN ON CHRONIC ANTIBIOTIC SUPPRESSION SINCE THE AGE OF 13. UPON STOPPING THE USE OF THE ANTIBIOTICS, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED COAG-NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION OF HER RIGHT KNEE. AN IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT AS WELL AS A ONE-STAGE EXCHANGE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED. UPON ENTERING THE JOINT SPACE, IT WAS FOUND TO BE FILLED WITH PURULENT MATERIAL, WHICH WAS DRAINED. THE JOINT WAS INSPECTED AND THE POLYETHYLENE SPACER OF 12 MM THICKNESS WAS FOUND TO BE FRACTURED ANTERIORLY JUST BENEATH THE MEDIAL FEMORAL CONDYLE. THE AXLE, BUSHINGS AND YOKE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED ALONG WITH THE BEARING SURFACE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
662869 FINN MOD TIBIAL BEARING STD 22 PROSTHESIS, KNEE KRO ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. N/A 992340

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 29 YR Hospitalization| R