FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INTRAPHLEX IPJ

MDR report key: 756900 · Received August 31, 2006

Report

Report Number
2027754-2006-00008
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 31, 2006
Report Date
August 31, 2006
Manufacturer
OSTEO MED
Product Code
KWH
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AT EXPLANT, THE IPJ IMPLANT IN 2ND RAY WAS BROKEN. THE IMPLANT IN 3RD RAY WAS FINE - DOCTOR BROKE WHEN REMOVING IT. NOT SURE WHICH LOT USED IN 2ND RAY. NO ANOMALIES IN DHR. REVIEW OF COMPLAINT DATABASE SHOWS NO OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THESE LOTS. LAST COMPLAINT FOR THIS PART NUMBER REC'D IN 2004. DURING CONVERSATION WITH DOCTOR, HE STATED HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE IMPLANT WAS FAULTY. HE THOUGHT IT MORE LIKELY PT HAD STUBBED FOOT DUE TO HER LOSS OF SENSATION, RESULTING IN IMPLANT DAMAGE LABELING STATES PRODUCT IS NOT DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND EXCESSIVE FORCES. LOTS: 1007773, EXPIRATION DATE: 2009.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT UNDERWENT IMPLANT OF 2ND AND 3RD RAY IN 2006 AS TREATMENT OF HAMMERTOES. INITIAL HEALING WENT WELL. PT WAS COMPLIANT WITH FOOTWEAR. INITIAL X-RAYS OK. ABOUT 4-6 WEEKS POST-OP, PT BEGAN TO COMPLAIN ABOUT "PAINFUL HARDWARE". DR EXPLANTED BOTH PRODUCTS IN THREE MONTHS. PT HAD ARTHROPLASTY. PT CURRENTLY DOING VERY WELL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INTRAPHLEX IPJ INTER PHALANGEAL STABILIZATION ROD KWH OSTEO MED 360-2240 1004270

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR Required Intervention