FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LIGACLIP ENDOSCOPIC ROTATING MULTIPLE CLIP APPLIER 20 MEDIUM-LARGE TITANIUM LIGA

MDR report key: 1152723 · Received September 10, 2008

Report

Report Number
1527736-2008-03730
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 10, 2008
Date of Event
May 2, 2008
Report Date
May 29, 2008
Manufacturer
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY, INC. (CINCINNATI)
Product Code
FZP
PMA / PMN Number
K864102
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IT
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE ER320 INSTRUMENT WAS RETURNED EMPTY AND LOCKED OUT. THE INSTRUMENT IS DESIGNED TO LOCKOUT WHEN ALL THE CLIPS HAVE BEEN FIRED. NO TESTING COULD BE PERFORMED AS THE INSTRUMENT WAS RETURNED EMPTY. WHILE WE WERE UNABLE TO RE-CREATE THE EVENT, WE HAVE DOCUMENTED THE CIRCUMSTANCES AS THEY WERE REPORTED TO US. COMPLAINT INFO IS TRENDED ON A REGULAR BASIS TO DETERMINE IF FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS WARRANTED. A BATCH RECORD REVIEW WAS PERFORMED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND DURING THE MFG PROCESS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED DURING A LAP CHOLESYSTECTOMY PROCEDURE THAT THE JAWS DID NOT PROPERLY CLOSE AND THE CLIPS BOTH REMAIN OPEN IN THEIR DISTAL PART AND FELL DOWN CROSSED. THE PROCEDURE WAS CARRIED OUT AND FINISHED BY USING A NEW OTHER DEVICE. NO ADVERSE PT CONSEQUENCES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LIGACLIP ENDOSCOPIC ROTATING MULTIPLE CLIP APPLIER 20 MEDIUM-LARGE TITANIUM LIGA FZP ETHICON ENDO SURGERY, INC. (CINCINNATI) NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1