CEMENTRALIZER 12.0

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PRODUCT COMPLAINT #: (B)(4). DEPUY SYNTHES IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISION OF 21 CFR, PART 803. THE REPORT MAY BE BASED ON THE INFORMATION WHICH DEPUY SYNTHES HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORTING DATE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT A CONCLUSION BY FDA, DEPUY SYNTHES OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE REPORT CONSTITUTES AN ADMISSION THAT THE DEVICE, DEPUY SYNTHES, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTENTIAL EVENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE. INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: NO DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED FOR EXAMINATION. THE INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE RETAINED FOR POTENTIAL SERIES INVESTIGATIONS IF TRIGGERED BY TREND ANALYSIS, POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE, OR OTHER EVENTS WITHIN THE QUALITY SYSTEM. DEPUY CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED, AND THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY. NO DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED FOR EXAMINATION. IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF A LOT RELATED ISSUE WAS POSSIBLE, A WORLDWIDE COMPLAINT DATABASE SEARCH WAS PERFORMED. A WORLDWIDE COMPLAINT DATABASE SEARCH FOUND NO ADDITIONAL RELATED REPORTS AGAINST THE PROVIDED PRODUCT CODE/LOT CODE COMBINATION. BASED ON THE INABILITY TO FIND ANY ADDITIONAL RELATED REPORTS AGAINST THE PROVIDED PRODUCT CODE/LOT CODE COMBINATION IT IS REASONABLE TO CONCLUDE THAT THERE ARE NO ANOMALIES WITH REGARD TO MANUFACTURING OR INSPECTION CONTAINED IN THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE REPORTED EVENT. INVESTIGATIONAL INPUTS WERE REQUESTED AS INDICATED PER INTERNAL PROCEDURES FOR THIS FAILURE MODE. THE COMPLAINT INFORMATION PROVIDED HAS BEEN REVIEWED FOR COMPLAINT CODING, MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTING, AND OTHER DATA REQUIRED BY THE COMPLAINT SYSTEM. FOLLOW-UP FOR ADDITIONAL EVENT INFORMATION, IF APPLICABLE, WAS CONDUCTED UTILIZING WORK INSTRUCTION WI-7915 APPENDIX A. WITHOUT THE PHYSICAL COMPLAINT SAMPLE(S) ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF THE DEVICE(S) FAILED TO MEET SPECIFICATION(S) AT THE TIME IT WAS RELEASED FOR DISTRIBUTION. THE DEVICE(S) ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT WERE USED IN THE TREATMENT OF THE PATIENT AS PRESCRIBED BY THE PRESIDING SURGEON. FROM THE EVENT INFORMATION RECEIVED, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE DEVICE TO THE REPORTED EVENT. NO PRODUCT CONTRIBUTION TO THE REPORTED EVENT WAS IDENTIFIED AND NO INFORMATION RECEIVED WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINT INDICATED THAT A BROADER INVESTIGATION OR CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS NECESSARY. DEPUY SYNTHES CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE INVESTIGATION MAY BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY. DEVICE HISTORY LOT: NULL. DEVICE HISTORY BATCH: NULL. DEVICE HISTORY REVIEW: NULL.

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(B)(4). REPORTER IS AN ATTORNEY.

Description of Event or Problem

LITIGATION ALLEGES THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERS FROM PAIN, SWELLING, INFECTION, AND FRACTURE. UPDATE AD 06 JUN 2018: RECEIPT OF PPF AND STICKER SHEETS. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ALLEGED, PPF ALLEGES DISLOCATION. PATIENT IS DECEASED HOWEVER THERE IS NO INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOUT THE REASON AND DATE OF DEATH.