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 OrthopedicsModel number
N/ACatalog 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.