FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SONICBEAT 5 MM, 35 CM, FRONT-ACTUATED GRIP

MDR report key: 11600525 · Received March 31, 2021

Report

Report Number
8010047-2021-04442
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 31, 2021
Report Date
April 1, 2021
Manufacturer
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
Product Code
LFL
PMA / PMN Number
K111202
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE SUBJECT DEVICE WAS RETURNED TO OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (OMSC) FOR EVALUATION. THE PROBE WAS BROKEN OFF AT 14.5 MM FROM THE DISTAL END. THERE WAS SCRATCH AROUND THE BROKEN POINT. THE FRACTURE SURFACE OF THE PROBE SHOWED THAT CRACK DEVELOPED. THE MANUFACTURING RECORD WAS REVIEWED AND FOUND NO IRREGULARITIES. BASED ON THE PAST SIMILAR CASES, IT WAS KNOWN THAT THE PROBE WAS CRACKED WHEN THE USER ACTIVATED OUTPUT CONTACTING WITH METAL OR SOMETHING HARD OBJECT SUCH AS METAL CLIPS, STAPLER, OR OTHER INSTRUMENTS, BESIDES THE PROBE WAS BROKEN OFF WHEN THE PROBE WAS SUBJECTED TO A LOAD. THE ABOVE DEVICE HANDLING HAS WARNED IN THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (OMSC) WAS INFORMED BY THE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL THAT DURING AN UNSPECIFIED PROCEDURE USING THE SUBJECT DEVICE, THE PROBE WAS BROKEN OFF AND FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE FRAGMENT WAS RETRIEVED. THE INTENDED PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER DEVICE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
494007 SONICBEAT 5 MM, 35 CM, FRONT-ACTUATED GRIP INSTRUMENT LFL OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. SB-0535FC 0XK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1