FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INTERCHANGEABLE HUMERAL ASSEMBLY

MDR report key: 9217777 · Received October 22, 2019

Report

Report Number
0001822565-2019-04480
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 22, 2019
Report Date
January 20, 2020
Manufacturer
ZIMMER BIOMET, INC.
Product Code
JDC
PMA / PMN Number
K181307
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROCESS. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

REPORTED EVENT WAS CONFIRMED BY REVIEW OF RADIOGRAPHS. REVIEW OF THE AVAILABLE RADIOGRAPHS IDENTIFIED: RIGHT ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY WITH SIGNIFICANT LOOSENING OF THE HUMERAL COMPONENT AS WELL AS POSSIBLE BONY FRACTURE OF THE DISTAL HUMERUS. LOOSENING IS IDENTIFIED INVOLVING THE HUMERAL COMPONENT WITH ASSOCIATED MALALIGNMENT. NO DISLOCATION. BONY RESECTION OF THE CORONOID PROCESS ALSO SEEN. DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) WAS REVIEWED AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND. ROOT CAUSE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. 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

THE PATIENT IS BEING PLANNED TO REVISE DUE TO HUMERAL COMPONENT LOOSENING AND FRACTURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

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

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: 32810505302 INTERCHANGEABLE ULNAR ASSEMBLY 61097162; CEMENT, BONE SURGICAL SIMPLEX P MLRO76; RESTRICTOR, CEMENT REALITY 10MM K12315. CUSTOMER HAS INDICATED THAT THE PRODUCT WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO ZIMMER BIOMET FOR INVESTIGATION, AS THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED. THE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROCESS. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED. MULTIPLE MDR REPORTS WERE FILED FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE SEE ASSOCIATED REPORTS: 0001822565-2019-04479.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL RIGHT ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT IS PLANNED TO BE REVISED DUE TO UNKNOWN REASON. NO REVISION HAS BEEN REPORTED TO DATE. NO ADDITIONAL PATIENT CONSEQUENCES WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1012561 INTERCHANGEABLE HUMERAL ASSEMBLY ELBOW PROSTHESIS JDC ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. 61405602

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R