FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: Y

CFD-22102

MDR report key: 12071520 · Received June 25, 2021

Report

Report Number
2020601-2021-00003
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 25, 2021
Date of Event
April 30, 2021
Report Date
June 25, 2021
Manufacturer
MICROAIRE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, LLC
Product Code
HWC
PMA / PMN Number
K060249
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) ASSOCIATED WITH CFD-22102, LOT # 324268 WAS REVIEWED AND THERE WERE NO ANOMALIES IDENTIFIED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS WHICH WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS TYPE OF FAILURE. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE'S COMPLAINT HISTORY HAS REVEALED THAT THIS DEVICE IS PERFORMING AS EXPECTED. MICROAIRE WAS UNABLE TO FOLLOW-UP WITH PHYSICIAN THAT PLACED THE ENDOTINE IMPLANT SINCE THIS PRODUCT WAS SHIPPED TO MULTIPLE PHYSICIANS/CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS WITHIN (B)(6) DURING 2018 AND 2019. BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE PATIENT ON THE SUBMITTED MEDWATCH FORM (MW5101159) IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED ISSUE. MICROAIRE WILL CLASSIFY THIS COMPLAINT AS A "BROKEN DEVICE" SINCE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE BUT THIS COMPLAINT WILL BE RE-OPENED IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT FILED A REPORT TO THE FDA (MEDWATCH MW5101159) WHICH STATED "ENDOTINE IMPLANT REMOVED; (B)(6) 2020 I HAD A LEFT ENDOSCOPIC BROW LIFT PROCEDURE. THE PROCEDURE WENT WELL. WITHIN A FEW WEEKS I FELT LIKE I HAD MOVEMENT AROUND THE SURGICAL SITE. MY PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE INDICATED THE ENDOTINE'S HAD COME UP FROM THEIR IMPLANTED POSITION, WHICH SOMETIMES OCCURRED, BUT THEY WOULD DISSOLVE. IN (B)(6) THE ENDOTINES WERE NOT DISSOLVED AND I MET WITH MY PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE AGAIN, AT THIS TIME, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE REMOVED AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED. ON (B)(6) 2021 THE LARGEST PIECES OF ENDOTINE WHICH HAD BROKEN APART AND WERE IMBEDDED IN SCAR TISSUE WERE REMOVED. THE TWO FOLLOWING DAYS MY FACE AND NECK HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SWOLLEN AND THERE HAS BEEN DISCHARGE FROM THE INCISION SITE. THERE IS ALSO A VERY TENDER SPOT IN MY NECK WHICH FEELS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ENDOTINES WHICH WERE IN MY SCALP. THE SWELLING IN MY FACE HAS RADIATED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY FACE, BACK TO MY EAR AND NECK. MY PHYSICIAN IS HIGHLY SKILLED AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A FAILED ENDOTINE. FDA SAFETY REPORT ID #(B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
968879 CFD-22102 ENDOTINE FOREHEAD 3.5 HWC MICROAIRE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, LLC CFD-22102 324268

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1