FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNKOWN FEMORAL COMPONENT

MDR report key: 9546418 · Received January 3, 2020

Report

Report Number
0001822565-2020-00049
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 3, 2020
Date of Event
December 4, 2019
Report Date
January 7, 2020
Manufacturer
ZIMMER BIOMET, INC.
Product Code
JWH
PMA / PMN Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

UPON RECEIPT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THIS DEVICE WAS REPORTED UNDER THE INCORRECT MANUFACTURING SITE MFR NUMBER. THE INITIAL REPORT WAS FORWARDED IN ERROR AND SHOULD BE VOIDED. PLEASE SEE 0001825034 - 2020 - 00208.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

UPON RECEIPT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THIS DEVICE WAS REPORTED UNDER THE INCORRECT MANUFACTURING SITE MFR NUMBER. THE INITIAL REPORT WAS FORWARDED IN ERROR AND SHOULD BE VOIDED. PLEASE SEE 0001825034 - 2020 - 00208.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CUSTOMER HAS INDICATED THAT THE PRODUCT WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO ZIMMER BIOMET FOR INVESTIGATION, AS THE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED BY THE HOSPITAL. THE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROCESS. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: 141210, TIBIAL TRAY, LOT # 716390, 183400, ARTICULAR SURFACE, LOT # 421320. REPORT SOURCE: EVENT OCCURRED IN (B)(6). MULTIPLE MDR REPORTS WERE FILED FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE SEE ASSOCIATED REPORTS: 0001825034 - 2020 - 00013, 0001825034 - 2020 - 00012.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 9 YEARS POST IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PAIN AND A FEELING OF INSTABILITY WITH THE RIGHT KNEE. SUBSEQUENTLY, AT 10 YEARS POST OP, THE PATIENT WAS SEEN BY PHYSICIAN AND FOUND TO HAVE LARGE VARUS. SURGEON SUSPECTED IMMINENT FRACTURE OF IMPLANT, AND PERFORMED A REVISION DUE TO INSTABILITY AND METALLOSIS WAS ALSO OBSERVED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
11236 UNKNKOWN FEMORAL COMPONENT PROSTHESIS, KNEE JWH ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. N/A NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 76 YR Hospitalization| R SEE H10.