FDA Adverse Event
Malfunction
Summary report: N
FZP CLIP, IMPLANTABLE
MDR report key: 1476420
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Received June 18, 2009
Report
- Report Number
- 3005075853-2009-03628
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- June 18, 2009
- Date of Event
- May 26, 2009
- Report Date
- June 15, 2009
- Manufacturer
- ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC
- Product Code
- FZP
- PMA / PMN Number
- K050344
- Removal / Correction Number
- NA
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- SN
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
Narratives
Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1
(B) (4). (B) (4). INFO NOT AVAILABLE, DEVICE NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. EVALUATION SUMMARY: THE BATCH HISTORY RECORDS WERE REVIEWED WITH NO ANOMALIES NOTED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.
Description of Event or Problem · 1
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAP CHOLECYSTECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON OPENED THE LIGAMAX DEVICE AND SECURED CLIPS ONTO THE CYSTIC DUCT. ON THE SECOND FIRING OF THE DEVICE, THE JAWS OF THE CLIP APPLIER GOT STUCK AND COULD NOT BE PRYED OPEN. THE SURGEON OPENED A SECOND LIGAMAX DEVICE TO RELEASE THE STUCK DEVICE FROM THE CYSTIC DUCT AND REMOVE THE DEVICE OUT OF THE PT. THE SURGEON COMMENTED THAT THIS WAS A TECHNICAL PROBLEM WITH THE LIGAMAX DEVICE. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES TO THE PT. DEVICE DISCARDED.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FZP CLIP, IMPLANTABLE | FZP | ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC | NA | F4N43M |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |