FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

GLBL UNITE ANT BODY 135 SZ 10

MDR report key: 7048789 · Received November 21, 2017

Report

Report Number
1818910-2017-29538
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 21, 2017
Date of Event
October 25, 2017
Report Date
October 25, 2017
Manufacturer
DEPUY IRELAND 961610 
Product Code
HSD
UDI-DI
10603295004356
PMA / PMN Number
K133834
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WY, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT COMPLAINT: (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT COMPLAINT: (B)(4). IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT COMPLAINT # PC-(B)(4). INVESTIGATION SUMMARY EXAMINATION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE CONFIRMS THE REPORTED EVENT. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED FOR EXAMINATION. MANUFACTURING PROCESS ERROR HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DER STATES THAT A UNITE SZ 10 PROXIMAL BODY WOULD NOT ENGAGE WITH THE SZ 10 STEM DURING THE CASE. IT APPEARED THAT THE SCREW HAD DROPPED OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE BODY. WE DID NOT HAVE ANOTHER SZ 10 BODY SO A SZ 8 WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT AFTER THE SURGERY WAS OVER AND THE ANATOMIC BODY WAS WASHED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SCREW HAD BEEN ASSEMBLED TO THE BODY UPSIDE DOWN. THE HEX HEAD WAS OUT THE BOTTOM OF THE IMPLANT AND IT WAS THREADED UP INTO THE BODY IN REVERSE. IT CAME OUT OF THE STERILE PACKAGING THIS WAY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
829379 GLBL UNITE ANT BODY 135 SZ 10 SHOULDER HUMERAL STEM/EPIPHYSIS HSD DEPUY IRELAND 961610  8556802 10603295004356

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 64 YR