| Catalog Number |
01.26.3244HCAT |
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Joint Disorder (2373)
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| Date of Event |
04/13/2018
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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 15 may 2018.Lot 174477: 130 items manufactured and released on 15 september 2017.Expiration date: 2022-08-28.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, 117 items of the same lot have been already sold without any similar reported event.Mectacer biolox delta ceramic ball head 12/14 ø 36 size s - 4 reference (b)(4).Lot 175436: 167 items manufactured and released on 22 november 2017.Expiration date: 2022-11-07 no a.Nomalies found related to the problem.To date, 149 items of the same lot have been already sold without any similar reported event.
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Event or Problem Description
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Revision due to irreducible left hip luxation 2 months after primary.Periarticular calcifications found.All the components were revised.Amis approach used in both primary and revision.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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On 18 may 2018, the supplier of the ceramic head provided the requested review, with the following outcomes: the component properties and the microstructure as obtained from the quality documents accomplish the requirements as specified at the time of production.There are no indications of any pre-existing material defect due to a lack of ceramic parts further investigations cannot be done.
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