FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ENDO STITCH 10MM SUTURING DEVICE

MDR report key: 1343007 · Received March 11, 2009

Report

Report Number
1219930-2009-00188
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 11, 2009
Date of Event
February 17, 2009
Report Date
March 3, 2009
Manufacturer
NORTH HAVEN - USS
Product Code
MFJ
PMA / PMN Number
K934738
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PROCEDURE TYPE: LAPROSCOPIC VAGINAL CUFF REPAIR. ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER: DURING USE, A SMALL FRAGMENT OF THE NEEDLE WAS LOST IN THE PT. THE FRAGMENT WAS FOUND AND AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO REMOVE THIS SMALL TIP OF THE NEEDLE WHICH WAS PROBABLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF A CENTIMETER LONG AND AN X-RAY WAS DONE INTRAOPERATIVELY, AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF NEEDLE TIP NOTED IN THE PELVIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ENDO STITCH 10MM SUTURING DEVICE DISPOSABLE SUTURING DEVICE MFJ NORTH HAVEN - USS N8B127

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 42 YR Other