FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HARMONIC FOCUS CURVED SHEARS, TORQUE WRENCH AND GRIP ASSIST

MDR report key: 1082933 · Received July 25, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005075853-2008-00701
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 25, 2008
Date of Event
July 2, 2008
Report Date
July 10, 2008
Manufacturer
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC
Product Code
LFL
PMA / PMN Number
K063192
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVAL SUMMARY: THE ANALYSIS RESULTS FOUND THAT DEVICE A WAS RETURNED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE TISSUE PAD WAS IN GOOD CONDITION AND COMPLETE. THE DEVICE WAS TESTED WITH A GENERATOR AND WAS FUNCTIONAL. THERE WERE NO ANOMALIES NOTED WITH THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE DEVICE. THE ANALYSIS RESULTS FOUND THAT DEVICE B WAS RETURNED AND THE TISSUE PAD MISSING. AS THE TISSUE PAD WAS NOT RETURNED, FURTHER EVAL COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. A CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN INITIATED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THE BATCH RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED DURING THE MFG PROCESS. DEVICE B ADD'L INFO: BATCH D9EF7F, EXPIRATION DATE: 02/2013, MFG DATE: 03/2008.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A BI-LATERAL MASECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE DEVICE PAD CAME OFF IN THE PT. THE PAD WAS RETRIEVED AND THE CASE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER DEVICE. THERE WAS NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE TO THE PT REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HARMONIC FOCUS CURVED SHEARS, TORQUE WRENCH AND GRIP ASSIST LFL ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC NA E4KV8D

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 HANDPIECE| GENERATOR