FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

RESOLVE HALO

MDR report key: 9961409 · Received April 15, 2020

Report

Report Number
0001836248-2020-00002
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 15, 2020
Date of Event
December 30, 2019
Report Date
March 17, 2020
Manufacturer
OSSUR AMERICAS
Product Code
HAX
UDI-DI
05690977308657
PMA / PMN Number
K051918
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

BASED ON INFORMATION KNOWN IT IS LIKELY NO FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITH THE DEVICE. THE EVENT LIKELY OCCURRED TO PIN PENETRATION, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO IMPROPER APPLICATION/MAINTENANCE OF THE PIN TIGHTNESS OR MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO A FALL/IMPACT INCIDENT THAT WAS NOT RELATED TO A PRODUCT MALFUNCTION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT HAD A HALO VEST FITTED, THIS WAS READJUSTED TO IMPROVE ALIGNMENT A FEW DAYS LATER. THE PATIENT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY READMITTED WITH A SEIZURE. IMAGING CONFIRMED THE POSTERIOR HALO PINS HAD BREACHED THE SKULL BILATERALLY AND THERE WAS MINOR BRAIN SWELLING. THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL, THE HALO VEST WAS REMOVED, AND THE PATIENT TREATED WITH ANTICONVULSANTS AND ANTIBIOTICS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
425957 RESOLVE HALO TRACTION SYSTEM HAX OSSUR AMERICAS 515400D 05690977308657

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization