inforMED
InjuryHTG

UNKNOWN DEPUY PATELLA

Received May 30, 2012

Report 1818910-2012-08596 · MDR key 2592343

Device

Generic name

Patella

Manufacturer

Depuy Warsaw

Catalog number

UNKNOWN

Lot number

UNKNOWN

Product problems

  • Break

Patient

70 YR

  • No Information

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

CLINICAL REPORT STATES THE PATIENT WAS REVISED BECAUSE OF IMPLANT FRACTURE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

THE PRODUCT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORTED EVENT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EXAMINATION. RADIOGRAPHS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. THE PRODUCT CODE AND LOT CODE REQUIRED IN RETRIEVING THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS FOR REVIEWING AND SEARCHING THE COMPLAINT DATABASE WERE NOT PROVIDED. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE REPORTED EVENT BASED ON THE PROVIDED INFORMATION. BASED ON THE PERFORMED INVESTIGATION, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NOT INDICATED. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD THE PRODUCT AND/OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED.