FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

4.5MM LCP® CONDYLAR PLATE 10 HOLES/242MM-RIGHT

MDR report key: 7371545 · Received March 26, 2018

Report

Report Number
2939274-2018-51220
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 26, 2018
Report Date
February 26, 2018
Manufacturer
WRIGHTS LANE SYNTHES USA PRODUCTS LLC
Product Code
HRS
UDI-DI
10886982157362
PMA / PMN Number
K000066
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL PRODUCT CODES: HTY, JDW, HWC. DATE OF IMPLANT REPORTED AS (B)(6) 2017, EXACT DATE IS NOT KNOWN. COMPLAINANT PART IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED FOR MANUFACTURER REVIEW/INVESTIGATION. INITIAL REPORTER IS SYNTHES SALES CONSULTANT THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED; NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN, AS NO PRODUCT WAS RECEIVED. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. 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

A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW WAS PERFORMED FOR THE SUBJECT DEVICE: PART NUMBER: 222.660 LOT NUMBER: 5111542 PART MFG DATE: 08-DEC-2005 PART EXP. DATE: N/A MANUFACTURING LOCATION: ELMIRA, NEW YORK NONCONFORMANCE¿S NOTED: MATERIAL REVIEW RECORD (MRR). DHR RECORD REVIEW: A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVEALED NO COMPLAINT RELATED ANOMALIES. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD SHOWS THIS LOT OF 4.5MM LCP CONDYLAR 10 HOLES PLATES WAS PROCESSED THROUGH THE NORMAL MANUFACTURING AND INSPECTION OPERATIONS WITH ONE NON-CONFORMANCE NOTED. MRR WAS INTIATED DUE TO TWO PARTS HAVING INCOMPLETE THREADS. THE TWO NON-CONFORMING PARTS WERE SCRAPPED PER MRR. THEREFORE, MRR IS NOT RELEVANT TO THIS COMPLAINT. THIS LOT MET ALL DIMENSIONAL AND VISUAL CRITERIA AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE WITH NO ISSUES DOCUMENTED DURING THE MANUFACTURE THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COMPLAINT CONDITION. THE REVIEW OF THE RAW MATERIAL DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVEALED THIS LOT MET ALL SPECIFICATIONS WITH NO NON-CONFORMANCE NOTED. THIS RAW MATERIAL LOT MET ALL DIMENSIONAL AND VISUAL CRITERIA AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE WITH NO ISSUES DOCUMENTED DURING THE MANUFACTURE THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COMPLAINT CONDITION. MRR IS NOT RELEVANT TO THIS COMPLAINT CONDITION AS THE NON-CONFORMING PARTS WERE SCRAPPED. THIS LOT MET ALL DIMENSIONAL AND VISUAL CRITERIA AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE. DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. 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

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH A SYNTHES LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (LCP) DISTAL FEMUR PLATE AND 10 UNKNOWN SCREWS ON AN UNKNOWN DATE IN (B)(6) 2017 TO TREAT A DISTAL FEMUR FRACTURE. POSTOPERATIVELY, ON AN UNKNOWN DATE IN (B)(6) 2018, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH LEG PAIN AND WAS REFERRED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, WHILE IN THE ER, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE PLATE HAD BROKEN AT ONE OF THE SCREW HOLES. ON (B)(6) 2018, THE PATIENT WAS RETURNED TO THE OPERATING ROOM WHERE THE SURGEON SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED THE 10 SCREWS AND THE BROKEN PLATE AND THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO A 12-HOLE 4.5MM LCP BROAD PLATE, AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF UNKNOWN SCREWS, AND A NON-SYNTHES FIBULAR STRUT AND CABLES TO STABILIZE THE NON-UNION. THERE WERE NO INTRAOPERATIVE MALFUNCTIONS AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. CONCOMITANT DEVICES REPORTED: SCREWS (PART NUMBER UNKNOWN, LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 10). THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 4.5MM LCP CONDYLAR PLATE 10 HOLE 242MM RIGHT THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
212097 4.5MM LCP® CONDYLAR PLATE 10 HOLES/242MM-RIGHT PLATE, FIXATION, BONE HRS WRIGHTS LANE SYNTHES USA PRODUCTS LLC 222.660 5111542 10886982157362

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 67 YR Required Intervention