FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BRAVO

MDR report key: 1162253 · Received September 16, 2008

Report

Report Number
2032545-2008-05811
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 16, 2008
Date of Event
January 31, 2008
Report Date
August 19, 2008
Manufacturer
ARIZONA DEVICE MANUFACTURING
Product Code
FFT
PMA / PMN Number
K002028
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

FINAL DEVICE ANALYSIS REVEALED NO SIGNIFICANT ANOMALIES. THE SUSPECTED ROOT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO ATTACHMENT AND NOT CALIBRATION. THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED WITH THE CAPSULE SEPARATED FROM THE DELIVERY SYSTEM. THE CAPSULE TROCAR NEEDLE WAS ADVANCED AND SALIVA WAS PRESENT ON THE NEEDLE, IN THE TROCAR CAVITY, AND ON THE PROBOSCIS. THE PLUNGER HAD BEEN FULLY DEPRESSED AND WAS ONLY PARTIALLY RETRACTED. THERE WAS A BEND IN THE PULL WIRE AT THE HANDLE. EXTERNAL POWER WAS APPLIED FOR CALIBRATION VERIFICATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE WOULD NOT CALIBRATE AND WAS NOT USED ON A PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BRAVO FFT ARIZONA DEVICE MANUFACTURING 9012B1001 Q187276

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1