Catalog Number 502-03-50D |
Device Problems
Sticking (1597); Fitting Problem (2183); No Apparent Adverse Event (3189)
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Patient Problems
Injury (2348); No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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Event Date 06/08/2015 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Event Description
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During a primary hip surgery, surgeon was using the curved impactor to seat the cup.During the process the bolt got stuck in the cup and as a result the cup had to be removed as cup was well fixed but due to bolt sticking in cup, a new cup had to be implanted.Approximately a 10 minute delay in surgery as a result as a new cup had to be opened and the surgical site re-reamed.Correction per sales rep: surgical site did not have to be re-reamed.Only took out the first cup and put in new cup.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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A supplemental report will be submitted upon completion of the investigation.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Conclusion: this event is related to a series of similar reported events where the impactor bolt cannot be dissociated from the associated shell.A capa was raised to further investigate these events.The preliminary investigation shows these events are associated with a wide variety of shells.Therefore, the impactor bolt will be further investigated.No further investigation is required at this time.If additional information becomes available to indicate further evaluation is warranted, this record will be reopened.
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Event Description
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During a primary hip surgery, surgeon was using the curved impactor to seat the cup.During the process the bolt got stuck in the cup and as a result the cup had to be removed as cup was well fixed but due to bolt sticking in cup, a new cup had to be implanted.Approximately a 10 minute delay in surgery as a result as a new cup had to be opened and the surgical site re-reamed.Correction per sales rep: surgical site did not have to be re-reamed.Only took out the first cup and put in new cup.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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