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InjuryMBV

BIOMET ILOK PRI TIB TRAY 71MM

Received Mar 3, 2016 · Event occurred Sep 22, 2014

Report 0001825034-2016-00716 · MDR key 5476347

Device

Generic name

Prosthesis, Knee

Manufacturer

Biomet Orthopedics

Model number

N/A

Catalog number

141213

Lot number

180980

Product problems

  • Insufficient Device Problem Information
  • Insufficient Device Problem Information

Patient

64 YR

  • Foreign Body Reaction
  • Pain
  • Ambulation or Postural Difficulties
  • Foreign Body Reaction
  • Pain
  • Ambulation or Postural Difficulties

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING FILED TO RELAY THIS REPORT IS A DUPLICATE OF 1825034-2015-04718 / 04719 / 04720 / 04721.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT A CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS SHOW THAT LOT RELEASED WITH NO RECORDED ANOMALY OR DEVIATION. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS, NUMBER 2 STATES, ¿EARLY OR LATE POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION AND ALLERGIC REACTION.¿ NUMBER 15 STATES, "INTEROPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN." THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT, AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 2 OF 4 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2016-00715 / 00716 / 00717 / 00718).

Description of Event or Problem

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL RIGHT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2013. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2014 DUE TO ALLEGATIONS OF NICKEL ALLERGY, FEMORAL LOOSENING, PAIN, DIFFICULTY WALKING AND CREPITUS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED.