FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

4.0MM THREE-FLUTED DRILL BIT QC/260MM/65MM CALIBRATION

MDR report key: 11496989 · Received March 16, 2021

Report

Report Number
8030965-2021-02035
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 16, 2021
Date of Event
February 16, 2021
Report Date
February 16, 2021
Manufacturer
SYNTHES GMBH
Product Code
HTW
UDI-DI
07611819737747
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

PRODUCT COMPLAINT # (B)(4). DEPUY SYNTHES IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 21 CFR, PART 803. THIS REPORT MAY BE BASED ON INFORMATION WHICH DEPUY SYNTHES HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORTING DATE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT A CONCLUSION BY FDA, DEPUY SYNTHES OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE REPORT CONSTITUTES AN ADMISSION THAT THE DEVICE, DEPUY SYNTHES, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTENTIAL EVENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. H3, H6: THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED, NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN AT THE TIME OF FILING THIS REPORT. THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR INVESTIGATION. THE CUSTOMER IS RETAINING THE PRODUCT. BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT NO CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE ACTION IS PROPOSED. THIS COMPLAINT WILL BE ACCOUNTED FOR AND MONITORED VIA POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE UPDATED AS APPLICABLE. DEVICE HISTORY LOT PART NUMBER: 357.407, SYNTHES LOT NUMBER: U220283, SUPPLIER LOT NUMBER: U220283, RELEASE TO WAREHOUSE DATE: MAY 07, 2015, EXPIRATION DATE: N/A, SUPPLIER: (B)(4). NO NCRS WERE GENERATED DURING PRODUCTION. DEVICE HISTORY REVIEW: REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD SHOWED THAT THERE WERE NO ISSUES DURING THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS PRODUCT, AND ANY SUBCOMPONENTS, WHICH WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COMPLAINT CONDITION. DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

COMPLAINANT PART IS EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED FOR MANUFACTURER REVIEW/INVESTIGATION, BUT HAS YET TO BE RECEIVED. REPORTER IS A SYNTHES EMPLOYEE. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED; NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN, AS NO PRODUCT WAS RECEIVED. BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT NO CORRECTIVE AND/OR PREVENTATIVE ACTION IS PROPOSED. THIS COMPLAINT WILL BE ACCOUNTED FOR AND MONITORED VIA POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE UPDATED AS APPLICABLE. DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE REPORT FROM (B)(6) REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2021 THAT THE TWO (2) DRILL BITS BROKE DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE FRAGMENTS WERE LEFT IN THE PATIENT WITHOUT ANY COMPLICATIONS. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 4.0MM THREE-FLUTED DRILL BIT QC/260MM/65MM CALIBRATION. THIS IS REPORT 2 OF 2 FOR (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
393338 4.0MM THREE-FLUTED DRILL BIT QC/260MM/65MM CALIBRATION BIT, DRILL HTW SYNTHES GMBH U232019 07611819737747

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention DRILL BIT Ø4.2 CALIBR L145 3FLUTE