MAUDE Adverse Event Report: WRIGHTS LANE SYNTHES USA PRODUCTS LLC UNK - CONSTRUCTS: SYNAPSE; ORTHOSIS, CERVICAL PEDICLE SCREW SPINAL FIXATION

Catalog Number UNK - CONSTRUCTS: SYNAPSE

Device Problem Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)

Patient Problems Hemorrhage/Bleeding (1888); Failure of Implant (1924); Inflammation (1932); Nerve Damage (1979); Stenosis (2263); Impaired Healing (2378); Spinal Cord Injury (2432); Post Operative Wound Infection (2446); Inadequate Osseointegration (2646); Neuralgia (4413); Vertebral Fracture (4520); Intervertebral Disc Compression or Protrusion (4524); Solid Tumour (4552)

Event Type  Injury  

Manufacturer Narrative

Product complaint #(b)(4).This report is for an unk constructs: synapse/part and lot numbers are unknown; udi number is unknown.Without the specific part number the device history records review could not be completed; and the udi number is unknown.Complainant device is not expected to be returned for manufacturer review/investigation.Initial reporter is j&j company representative.(b)(4).The investigation could not be completed; no conclusion could be drawn, as no product was received.Device was used for treatment, not diagnosis.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.

Event Description

This report is being filed after the review of a clinical evaluation report (cer) from a related research activity database (ddra) for patients undergoing cervical fusion.The following complications were reported as follows: readmission: neoplasm, benign, nos (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) years old who underwent posterior c3-t2 decompression for tumor resection and fusion with synapse instrumentation readmitted for neoplasm, benign, nos.Neoplasm, metastatic, brain/spinal cord (1).Patient no.(b)(6), female, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior cervicothoracic decompression fusion was readmitted for neoplasm, metastatic, brain/spinal cord.Stenosis, cervical spine (3).Patient (no.(b)(6)) female (b)(6) year-old who underwent anterior c5-c6, c6-7 discectomy and fusion with allograft and aviator plate was readmitted due to stenosis, cervical spine.Patient (no.(b)(6)) female (b)(6) year-old who underwent anterior c5-6, c6-7 discectomy and fusion with allograft and aviator plate was readmitted due to stenosis, cervical spine.Patient (no.(b)(6)) female (b)(6) year-old who underwent anterior/posterior cervical fusion was readmitted due to stenosis, cervical spine.Stenosis, cervicothoracic spine (1).Patient (no.(b)(6)) female (b)(6) year-old who underwent anterior l3-s1 decompression fusion with vertigraft, possible infuse was readmitted due to stenosis, cervicothoracic spine.Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervical region (2).Patient (no.(b)(6)) female (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior cervical c5-6 decompression and fusion with synapse instrumentation was readmitted due to spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervical region.Patient no.(b)(6) male (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c3-7 decompression was readmitted due to spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervical region.Other spondylosis with myelopathy, cervical region (4).Patient no.(b)(6) female (b)(6) year-old who underwent revision anterior c7 corpectomy was readmitted due to other spondylosis with myelopathy, cervical region.Patient no.(b)(6) male (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior cervical c2-7 decompression was readmitted due to other spondylosis with myelopathy, cervical region.Patient (no.(b)(6)) male (b)(6) year-old who underwent anterior c5-6, c6-7 decompression fusion with vg2 and maxan plate/posterior c2-t2 decompression fusion with synapse 4.0 instrumentation(new aesculap retractor) was readmitted due to other spondylosis with myelopathy, cervical region.Patient no.(b)(6) female (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c3-7 decompression f was readmitted due to other spondylosis with myelopathy, cervical region.Spondylosis with myelopathy, cervical region (3).Patient no.(b)(6), female, (b)(6) year-old who underwent anterior c3-7 decompression fusion with allograft/posterior c3-t1 fusion with synapse was readmitted due to spondylosis with myelopathy, cervical region.Patient no.(b)(6), female, (b)(6) year-old who underwent anterior c3-7 decompression fusion with allograft/posterior c3-t1 fusion with synapse was readmitted due to spondylosis with myelopathy, cervical region.Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent anterior/posterior cervical decompression and fusion was readmitted due to spondylosis with myelopathy, cervical region.Spondylosis with myelopathy, thoracic region (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior cervical fusion c3-t2 was readmitted due to spondylosis with myelopathy, thoracic region.Radiculopathy, cervical region (1).Patient no.(b)(6) male (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c4-t1 decompression was readmitted due to radiculopathy, cervical region.Other cord compression (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c2-6 decompression and fusion with synapse 4.0 instrumentation was readmitted due to other cord compression.Myelopathy, nec (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male (b)(6) year-old who underwent anterior/posterior cervical corpectomy and fusion; i and d; graft placement was readmitted due to myelopathy, nec.Connective tissue and disc stenosis of intervertebral forami (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior cervical decompression was readmitted due to connective tissue and disc stenosis of intervertebral forami.Other cervical disc displacement (1).Patient no.(b)(6), female, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c3-t1 decompression was readmitted due to other cervical disc displacement.Kyphosis, unspecified, cervical region (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c2-4 fusion with 3.5 synapse instrumentation was readmitted due to kyphosis, unspecified, cervical region.Postural kyphosis, cervicothoracic region (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent anterior c3-t1 decompression was readmitted due to postural kyphosis, cervicothoracic region.Other postoperative infection (3).Patient no.(b)(6) male (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c3-t1 decompression, c3-t2 fusion with synapse 4.0 instrumentation was readmitted due to other postoperative infection.Patient no.(b)(6), female, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c5-6 6-7 decompression and fusion with synthes synapse and small infuse kit was readmitted due to other postoperative infection.Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent c3-7 laminectomy , c3-t1 fusion with synthes synapse instrumentation was readmitted due to other postoperative infection.Infection following a procedure, initial encounter (2).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior cervical c3-7 decompression was readmitted due to infection following a procedure, initial encounter.Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent minimally invasive posterior c was readmitted due to infection following a procedure, initial encounter.Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation (1).Patient no.(b)(6) female, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c2-t1 fusion with sy was readmitted due to infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation.Pseudarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis (5).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c1-2 decompression was readmitted due to pseudarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis.Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent image guided revision posterior was readmitted due to pseudarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis.Patient no.(b)(6) male (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c3-7 decompression was readmitted due to pseudarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis.Patient no.(b)(6), female, (b)(6) year-old who underwent revision posterior cervical fusion was readmitted due to pseudarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis.Patient no.(b)(6), female, (b)(6) year-old who underwent revision posterior c2-7 decompression was readmitted due to pseudarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis.Displacement of other internal orthopedic devices, implants (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year old who underwent anterior posterior cervical th rod spinal 80mm 3.5mm axon cur readmitted due to displacement of other internal orthopedic devices, implants.Other mechanical complication of other internal orthopedic device (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year old who underwent anterior c3-6 decompression fu was readmitted due to other mechanical complication of other internal orthopedic device.Complication nec due to other internal orthopedic device (1).Patient no.(b)(6), female (b)(6) year old who underwent anterior cervical c4-6 corpectomy with fibula allograft, posterior c3-t1 laminectomy and fusion with synapse 4.0 instrumentation was readmitted due to complication nec due to other internal orthopedic device.Mechanical complication internal orthopedic device/implant/graft, nec (1).Patient no.(b)(6), female, (b)(6) year old ,who underwent removal of anterior bilateral was readmitted due to mechanical complication internal orthopedic device/implant/graft, nec.Mechanical complication internal orthopedic device/implant/graft, nos (1).Patient no.(b)(6), female, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c3-7 decompression, c3-t1 fusion with synapse 3.5 instrument (latex allergy) was readmitted due to mechanical complication internal orthopedic device/implant/graft, nos.Neuralgia/neuritis, nos (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior cervical fusion was readmitted due to neuralgia/neuritis, nos.Spondylolisthesis, acquired (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c3-7 decompression, c3-t1 fusion with synthes synapse instrumentation was readmitted due to spondylolisthesis, acquired.Non-healing surgical wound (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent anterior c3-4, c4-5, c6-7 decompression and fusion with allograft, (no plate), posterior c3-7 laminectomy, c3-t1 fusion with synthes synapse 4.0 instrumentation was readmitted due to non-healing surgical wound.Disruption of external operation (surgical) wound, not elsewhere classified (1).Patient no.(b)(6), female, (b)(6) year-old who underwent occiput to c2 decompression and fusion was readmitted due to disruption of external operation (surgical) wound, not elsewhere classified.Nontraumatic extradural hemorrhage (1).Patient no.(b)(6) male (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c3-t1 decompression was readmitted due to nontraumatic extradural hemorrhage.Fx closed c3 vertebra (2).Patient no.(b)(6), male (b)(6) year-old who underwent anterior c3-4, c4-5, c5-6, c6-7 decompression and fusion with allograft (no plate), posterior c3-t1 fusion with synthes synapse 4.0 was readmitted due to fx closed c3 vertebra.Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent revision a/p cervical decompression/fusion was readmitted due to fx closed c3 vertebra.Fx closed c2 vertebra (1).Patient no.(b)(6), female, (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c5-t1 decompression fusion with synthes synapse instrumentation was readmitted due to fx closed c2 vertebra.Other fracture of first thoracic vertebra (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent anterior/ posterior c4-7 dec was readmitted due to other fracture of first thoracic vertebra.Unstable burst fracture of first thoracic vertebra (1).Patient no.(b)(6), male, (b)(6) year-old who underwent panendoscopy with poss neck exploration was readmitted due to unstable burst fracture of first thoracic vertebra.Removal of clik-x instrumentation (1).Patient no.(b)(6), a (b)(6) year old male had removal of l4-s1 clik-x instrumentation.The following patient had removal of synapse system implants (6).Patient no.(b)(6) male (b)(6) years old underwent posterior removal of synapse rods revision of t1 screws, placement of t2-t4 screws/anterior c6-7, c7-t1 fusion with allograft /posterior implantation of synapse rods.Patient no.(b)(6) male (b)(6) years old underwent posterior removal of synapse rods, revision of fusion to t4/anterior c7-t1 corpectomy fusion with tricortical allograft.Readmitted for myelopathy nec.Patient no.(b)(6) female (b)(6) year-old underwent revision anterior/posterior decompression and fusion , removal of cslp plate and synapse instrumentation , re-instrumentation with atlantis and mountaineer vs.Cslp and synapse.Patient no.(b)(6), female (b)(6) year-old who underwent posterior c1-2 fusion with mountaineer , removal of synthes instrumentation.Patient no.(b)(6), a (b)(6) yo female, revision of occiput-c4 fusion with revision of synthes synapse.Patient no.(b)(6), a (b)(6) yo female, removal of synapse c4-t1 rods.The following had removal of cervifix implants (3).Patient no.(b)(6) male (b)(6) years old underwent revision posterior c2-t2 fusion with synapse instrumentation and autograft (remove cervifix).Patient no.(b)(6), male (b)(6) year-old who underwent revision anterior c5-6 decompression fusion with allograft and vectra plate (remove synthes cslp) , posterior revision c2-t1 with synapse instrumentation (remove cervifix)s.Patient no.(b)(6), female, (b)(6) year-old, who underwent cervical decompression and fusion (no plate) , revision posterior cervical fusion with synthes synapse, removal of synthes cervifix screws.The following had removal of cslp (3 refer to pt 475 and 1314).Patient no.(b)(6) female (b)(6) years old had removal anterior c3-7 cslp plate.This is for depuy synthes posterior cervical systems (synapse).This complaint involves 208 devices.Due to a limit of impacted products per complaint, this complaint will be captured under 11 separate complaints as listed below: (b)(4) - this complaint will include 19 devices (1st pc).(b)(4) - this complaint will include 19 devices (2nd pc).This report is for one (1) unk - constructs: synapse.This report is 19 of 20 for (b)(4).

• Brand Name: UNK - CONSTRUCTS: SYNAPSE
• Type of Device: ORTHOSIS, CERVICAL PEDICLE SCREW SPINAL FIXATION
• Manufacturer (Section D): WRIGHTS LANE SYNTHES USA PRODUCTS LLC; 1302 wrights lane east; west chester PA 19380
• Manufacturer Contact: kara ditty-bovard ; 1302 wrights lane east; west chester, PA
• MDR Report Key: 12134909
• MDR Text Key: 276893267
• Report Number: 2939274-2021-03488
• Device Sequence Number: 1
• Product Code: NKB
• Combination Product (y/n): N
• Reporter Country Code: US
• Number of Events Reported: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Report Source: Manufacturer
• Source Type: company representative,study
• Reporter Occupation: Other
• Type of Report: Initial
• Report Date: 06/14/2021

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Date FDA Received: 07/08/2021
• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: Yes
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: No
• Device Operator: Health Professional
• Device Catalogue Number: UNK - CONSTRUCTS: SYNAPSE
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Date Manufacturer Received: 06/14/2021
• Was Device Evaluated by Manufacturer?: Device Not Returned to Manufacturer
• Is the Device Single Use?: Yes
• Is This a Reprocessed and Reused Single-Use Device?: Yes
• Type of Device Usage: Unknown
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Patient Outcome(s): Required Intervention