DATE OF EVENT: THE EVENT OCCURRED SOMETIME IN (B)(6) 2020. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCT: ORTHOPAK ASSEMBLY: CATALOG: #1067718, SERIAL: # (B)(4). THERAPY DATE: UNKNOWN. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCT: SMITH & NEPHEW TAYLOR SPATIAL FRAME. THERAPY DATE: (B)(6) 2019. THE CUSTOMER HAS INDICATED THAT THE PRODUCT IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RETURNED TO ZIMMER BIOMET FOR INVESTIGATION. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED. MULTIPLE MDR REPORTS WERE FILED FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE SEE ASSOCIATED REPORTS: 0002242816-2020-00028.
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IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED SKIN IRRITATION FROM THE 72R AND LT-4500 ELECTRODES. THE PATIENT DESCRIBED THE SKIN AS RED AND ITCHY WITH BLISTERS AND WELTS. INITIALLY, THE IRRITATION WAS STRICTLY UNDER THE ELECTRODES BUT THE IRRITATION BEGAN TO SPREAD. THE PATIENT DID CONTACT THE SURGEON REGARDING THE SKIN IRRITATION. THE SURGEON ADVISED THE PATIENT TO STOP USING THE UNIT AND PRESCRIBED AN OINTMENT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.