inforMED
MalfunctionMBP

STRYKER EVANS WEDGE

Received Nov 12, 2020 · Event occurred Nov 4, 2020

Report MW5097863 · MDR key 10837693

Device

Generic name

Filler, Bone Void, Osteoinduction (w/o Human Growth Factor)

Manufacturer

Allosource

Model number

NA

Catalog number

3102-1910

Lot number

NA

Product problems

  • Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem

Patient

23 YR

  • Insufficient Information
  • Insufficient Information

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

IMPLANT IDENTIFIED ON THE SEALED PACKAGE OF THE EVANS WEDGE MANUFACTURED BY ALLOSOURCE, DISTRIBUTED BY (B)(4) WAS # (B)(4). THE INTERNAL SEALED PACKAGE WITHIN THE GRAFT WAS LABELED WITH A DIFFERENT UNIQUE IDENTIFIER, ID# (B)(4). THE GRAFT WAS AN EVANS WEDGE, AS DESCRIBED, BUT HAD DIFFERENT MEASUREMENTS THAN ON THE OUTSIDE PACKAGING. . THE GRAFT'S ACTUAL MEASUREMENT AS DESCRIBED IN THE INTERNAL PACKAGING WAS 10X22X20MM. PHYSICIAN AND NURSE ACKNOWLEDGED THE DISCREPANCY WITH A INTERNAL VARIANCE. SINCE THE INTERNAL PACKAGING WAS INTACT AND NOT COMPROMISED, THE SURGEON IMPLANTED THE GRAFT.