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Device product

PROFEMUR Neck Extra Long Titanium, Catalog Numbers: PHA01206, PHA01236, PHA01256. Hip prosthesis component

Z-2942-2020

July 31, 2020

Class I

Product summary

Firm
MicroPort Orthopedics Inc.
Event
Event 86153
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class I
Quantity
556 units
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-2942-2020

Official wording

Reason: MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. states that there have been reports of fractures of the long and extra-long Titanium modular femoral neck component after implantation. Worldwide there were 680 Long and X-Long PROFEMUR Titanium modular neck fractures among 123,840 global sales representing is a cumulative rate of modular neck device fracture of 0.55% from 2002 to 2019. Within the United States there were 349 Long and X-Long PROFEMUR Titanium modular neck fractures among 15,786 United States sales representing a cumulative rate of modular neck device fracture with a fracture rate in the United States of 2.21% from 2002 to 2019. There is an average time of 5.4 years to device fracture after implantation.

Code information: All lots/serial numbers

Distribution pattern: worldwide, except China and Japan

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

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    MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. states that there have been reports of fractures of the long and extra-long Titanium modular femoral neck component after implantation. Worldwide there were 680 Long and X-Long PROFEMUR Titanium modular neck fractures among 123,840 global sales representing is a cumulative rate of modular neck device fracture of 0.55% from 2002 to 2019. Within the United States there were 349 Long and X-Long PROFEMUR Titanium modular neck fractures among 15,786 United States sales representing a cumulative rate of modular neck device fracture with a fracture rate in the United States of 2.21% from 2002 to 2019. There is an average time of 5.4 years to device fracture after implantation.