FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

33MM PERIPHERAL REAMER

MDR report key: 14914617 · Received July 5, 2022

Report

Report Number
1220246-2022-05162
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 5, 2022
Date of Event
June 13, 2022
Report Date
August 31, 2022
Manufacturer
ARTHREX, INC.
Product Code
LXH
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
501

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE DEVICE TO THE REPORTED EVENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AS THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE EVENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED FROM THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND WITHOUT DEVICE EVALUATION. IF THE DEVICE BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

COMPLAINT CONFIRMED. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTED THAT A SPOKE AND A PORTION OF THE REAMER CIRCUMFERENCE WERE BROKEN. THE CAUSE REMAINS UNDETERMINED, HOWEVER A PROBABLE CAUSE CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO IMPACT WITH ANOTHER DEVICE.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

ON (B)(6) 2022, IT WAS REPORTED BY A SALES REPRESENTATIVE VIA SEMS THAT AN AR-9619-33 33 MM PERIPHERAL REAMER BROKE UP WHILE REAMING. ALL BROKEN FRAGMENTS WERE RETRIEVED FROM INSIDE THE PATIENT. THIS WAS DISCOVERED A RTS PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2022.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1449068 33MM PERIPHERAL REAMER ORTHOPEDIC MANUAL SURGICAL INSTRUMENT LXH ARTHREX, INC. 33MM PERIPHERAL REAMER 022112

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown