FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ALL POLY PATELLA SIZE 1 8 MM THICKNESS

MDR report key: 7755890 · Received August 7, 2018

Report

Report Number
0001822565-2018-04220
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 7, 2018
Date of Event
March 1, 2012
Report Date
July 31, 2019
Manufacturer
ZIMMER BIOMET, INC.
Product Code
JWH
PMA / PMN Number
PK933785
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PALACOS RG 1X40 SINGLE CAT: 00-1113-140-01 LOT: 71274252 QTY: 2. REPORTED EVENT WAS CONFIRMED BY REVIEW OF MEDICAL RECORDS. MEDICAL RECORDS WERE PROVIDED AND REVIEWED BY A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL WHICH INDICATES THAT ON (B)(6) 2011, THE PATIENT HAS A COMPLICATION OF DELAYED WOUND HEALING. ALSO, IT WAS NOTED FROM THE MEDICAL RECORD THAT THE PATIENT TOOK SHOWER AND A SMALL STEADY STREAM OF BLOODY FLUID DRAINED FROM THE OPEN DISTAL 1/2CM OF THE INCISION. NO INFECTION NOTED. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN ABOVE THE PATELLA AND THE QUAD TENDONS ABOVE THE INCISIONS. ALSO, EXPERIENCED PAINFUL SOFT TISSUE MASS OVER THE ANTERIOR RIGHT KNEE. SO THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH STEROID INJECTION. DEVICE HISTORY RECORD WAS REVIEWED AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND. ROOT CAUSE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR AND RISKS ARE ADDRESSED IN RISK DOCUMENTATION. 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.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). ARTICULAR SURFACE WITH LOCKING SCREW "SIZE STRIPED YELLOW/E F 20 MM HEIGHT" CAT: 00599403220 LOT: 61250709. PALACOS RG 1X40 SINGLE CAT: 00-1113-140-01 LOT: 71274252. PALACOS RG 1X40 SINGLE CAT: 00-1113-140-01 LOT: 71264251. PALACOS RG 1X40 SINGLE CAT: 00-1113-140-01 LOT: 71274252. NG TRAB METAL AUG BLK POST SIZE E 5MM CAT: 00-5490-035-01 LOT: 61426737. NG TRAB METAL AUG BLK POST SIZE E 5MM CAT: 00-5490-035-01 LOT: 60824249. NEXGEN TRAB METAL AUG BLK DIS SIZE E 5MMCAT: 00-5490-035-10 LOT: 61497567. NEXGEN TRAB METAL AUG BLK DIS SIZE E 5MMCAT: 00-5490-035-10 LOT: 61497550. STEM IMPLANT 12MMDX145MM CAT: 00-5988-010-12 LOT: 60976277. STEM IMPLANT 15MMDX145MM CAT: 00-5988-010-15 LOT: 61171676. LCCK FEM IMPLANT SZ E-R CAT: 00-5994-015-92 LOT: 61479175. ST PRC TIB PLT SIZE 4 CAT: 00-5980-037-02 LOT: 61554377 CUSTOMER HAS INDICATED THAT THE PRODUCT WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO ZIMMER BIOMET FOR INVESTIGATION. THE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROCESS. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED. 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. PRODUCT NOT RETURNED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD PAIN JUST ABOVE HER PATELLA ON HER QUAD TENDON RIGHT BELOW THE INCISION.. THE PATIENT HAD SLIPPED AND FELL ONE WEEK PRIOR TO OFFICE VISIT. A STEROID INJECTION WAS GIVEN DUE TO ONGOING AND ABNORMAL BURSITIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
600545 ALL POLY PATELLA SIZE 1 8 MM THICKNESS KNEE, PROSTHESIS JWH ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. 61282831

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 40 YR Hospitalization| R