FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PROXIMATE PPH PROCEDURE SET

MDR report key: 1082917 · Received July 25, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005075853-2008-00693
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 25, 2008
Date of Event
July 2, 2008
Report Date
July 7, 2008
Manufacturer
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
Product Code
GDW
PMA / PMN Number
K051301
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PO
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INFORMATION ANTICIPATED, BUT UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A HEMOROIDOPEXY PROCEDURE, AFTER DOING ALL THE STEPS NECESSARY IN THE PROCEDURE. AFTER CLOSING THE MACHINE, WAITED 1M AND THEN FIRED THE STAPLER, PLASTIC TO PLASTIC, THE DEVICE DID NOT ACT AS ALWAYS. IT DID NOT STAPLE CORRECTLY. SURGERY WAS PROLONGED 15 MINUTES. A SECOND STAPLER WAS USED (NOT A MEDICAL INTERVENTION). PATIENT IS IN GOOD CONDITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROXIMATE PPH PROCEDURE SET GDW ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. NA E4KM9Z

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1