FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

RING APPLICATOR

MDR report key: 117352 · Received August 4, 1997

Report

Report Number
1121753-1997-00017
Event Type
Other
Date Received
August 4, 1997
Date of Event
April 11, 1997
Report Date
August 4, 1997
Manufacturer
NUCLETRON BV
Product Code
HGD
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

RING APPLICATOR PART #084.087 WAS PURCHASED 2/22/95 WITH THE MHDR UNIT AND WAS UNUSED UNTIL THE DATE OF THE REPORT TO NUCLETRON. ON THAT DATE, THE APPLICATOR WAS TAKEN FROM THE KIT WHERE IT WAS STORED, INSPECTED PRIOR TO CLINICAL USE, AT WHICH TIME THE RING END OF THE APPLICATOR BECAME DETACHED FROM THE APPLICATOR SHAFT. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO NUCLETRON AND A REPLACEMENT APPLICATOR WAS PROVIDED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT TECH NOTE #300.048, WHICH INFORMS THE USER OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE RING MAY SEPARATE WAS DELIVERED TO THE CLINICIAN WHEN THE UNIT WAS COMMISSIONED. THIS TECH NOTE INSTRUCTS THE WELD AT THE SITE WHERE THE RING JOINS THE APPLICATOR SHOULD BE INSPECTED PRIOR TO USE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RING APPLICATOR GYNECOLOGICAL APPLICATOR (COMPONENT OF HGD NUCLETRON BV RING APPLICATOR NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Other