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(b)(4).D10 medical devices: unknown femoral catalog#: ni lot#: ni.Unknown tibial tray catalog#: ni lot#: ni.G2 foreign source: australia.Customer has indicated that the product will not be returned to zimmer biomet for investigation, as it was requested but not returned by the hospital.The investigation is in process.Once the investigation has been completed, a follow-up mdr will be submitted.
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This follow-up report is being submitted to relay additional information.Updated: b4, d4, g3, g6, h2, h3, h4, h6, and h11.During the investigation process a review of the sterile certifications were reviewed and found to be conforming with no applicable deviations.Devices were verified to have gone through acceptable sterilization process following iso/aami/astm & eu published guidelines.There are multiple factors that may contribute to an infection that are outside the control of zimmer biomet, such as external factors, i.E.Hospital/surgical environment, provider related risk factors, and/or patient comorbidities/risk factors.As there are no indications of a product or process issues identified affecting implant safety or effectiveness, implanted products are not identified as the source or contributing to the reported infection.
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