FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

FACETCORESYSTEM

MDR report key: 12778285 · Received November 9, 2021

Report

Report Number
3012495575-2021-00003
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 9, 2021
Date of Event
October 22, 2021
Report Date
October 26, 2021
Manufacturer
SURGENTEC, LLC
Product Code
MDM
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

GUIDEWIRE WAS PLACED INTO FACET JOINT, AND FACET LOCATOR WAS PLACED OVER THE GUIDEWIRE AND ADVANCED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE JOINT. THE IMPACTOR WAS PLACED OVER THE FACET LOCATOR AND MALLETED TO HELP DRIVE THE FACET LOCATOR INTO THE PROPER POSITION. THE DRILL GUIDE WAS THE PLACED OVER THE FACET LOCATOR. WHEN THE PHYSICIAN TRIED TO REMOVE THE FACET LOCATOR, IT WOULD NOT COME OUT, IT TOOK SOME TIME AND FORCE TO REMOVE THE FACET LOCATOR FROM ITS' POSITION AND WHEN REMOVED, ONE OF THE DISTAL TINES OF THE FACET LOCATOR WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED. SURGERY WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT FURTHER COMPLICATION AND FACET LOCATOR ISSUE DID NOT ADD MUCH TIME TO OVERALL SURGERY. IMAGING AFTER INSERTION OF DOWEL AND REMOVAL OF INSTRUMENTATION SHOWS THE DOWEL PLACED NORMALLY WITH THE TINE REMAINING IN THE BONE SUPERIOR TO WHERE THE DOWEL WAS PLACED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1674817 FACETCORESYSTEM FACETCORE LOCATOR MDM SURGENTEC, LLC NA SM122482

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown