| Model Number |
25060.2846 |
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Pain (1994)
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| Date of Event |
05/15/2020
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Batch review performed on 27 may 2020: lot 153017: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 05-aug-2015.Expiration date: 2020-06-30.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, all items of the same lot have been already sold without any other similar reported event since 2016.Additional device involved: batch review performed on 27 may 2020: ball heads: mectacer 01.29.202 biolox delta ceramic ball head 12/14 28 size m 0 (k112115) lot 18c0004: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 17-oct-2018.Expiration date: 2023-09-25.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, all items of the same lot have been already sold without any other similar reported event.
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Event or Problem Description
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The patient came in reporting pain due to a disassociation of the bipolar head from the biolox head that was caused when the patient was getting out of bed.The surgeon converted the patient from a bipolar hip to a total hip 3 months after primary.The surgery was completed successfully.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Visual inspection performed by medacta medical affairs director:
the bipolar cup had the plastic ring removed; it was not possible to determine the root cause of the event, but it could be probably due to a lever arm that caused the removal of the ring.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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