FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

EASYDRILL PERFORATOR

MDR report key: 11660760 · Received April 13, 2021

Report

Report Number
1625507-2021-00070
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 13, 2021
Date of Event
March 22, 2021
Report Date
April 13, 2021
Manufacturer
MICROMAR INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO LTDA
Product Code
HBF
UDI-DI
07898959543333
PMA / PMN Number
K141455
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN. NO EVALUATION WAS PERFORMED, AS THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED. IF THE DEVICE IS RETURNED IN THE FUTURE, PRODUCT ANALYSIS MAY BE PERFORMED. THIS DM0010FAA EASYDRILL CRANIAL PERFORATOR WITH LOT NUMBER 1628/19 WAS MANUFACTURED BY MICROMAR. MULTIPLE WARNINGS ARE INCLUDED IN THE EASYDRILL CRANIAL PERFORATOR IFU MANUAL INCLUDING: IT IS ESSENTIAL TO KEEP THE DRILL PERPENDICULAR (90°) AT THE PREDETERMINED POINT OF THE SKULL TO BE DRILLED, AS AN EXCESSIVE DEVIATION FROM PERPENDICULARITY MAY CAUSE THE PRODUCT TO FAIL AND LEAD TO SERIOUS PATIENT INJURY. SELECT A DRILL BIT SUITABLE FOR THE BONE THICKNESS. THIS PREVENTS THE DRILL FROM TEARING THE BONE OR BRAIN TISSUE (SIMILAR EFFECT WHEN THE BIT IS NOT POSITIONED AT 90°). IF THE COMPONENTS OF THE EASYDRILL CRANIAL PERFORATOR BECOME LOOSE DURING TREPHINATION, DISCONTINUE USE. THE DRILL CAN CUT OR TEAR THE DURA MATER WHEN IT UNLOCKS. CHECK SOME CONDITIONS BEFORE PERFORMING THE PROCEDURE, SUCH AS THE EXISTENCE OF ADHERING DURA MATER OR OTHER ANOMALIES ADJACENT TO THE DRILLING SITE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK AND TREND THIS COMPLAINT TYPE. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A CRANIOTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PERFORATOR DID NOT STOP AND DAMAGED THE DURA. IT WAS ALSO CONFIRMED UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROCEDURE, THAT THE BRAIN SURFACE WAS NOT INJURED. ON FOLLOW-UP, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO PROCEDURE DELAY, THERE WAS NO BACK-UP DEVICE USED, AND THE PATIENT HAD NO FURTHER ISSUES POST-SURGERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
556062 EASYDRILL PERFORATOR DRILLS, BURRS, TREPHINES & ACCESSORIES (COMPOUND, POWERED) HBF MICROMAR INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO LTDA DM0010FAA 1628/19 07898959543333

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 76 YR Other