BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    UNKN ARTHROWAND AND CONTROLLER

    MDR report key: 15452053 · Received September 19, 2022

    Report

    Report Number
    3006524618-2022-00411
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    September 19, 2022
    Date of Event
    October 1, 2010
    Report Date
    December 16, 2022
    Manufacturer
    ARTHROCARE CORP.
    Product Code
    GEI
    PMA / PMN Number
    K202006
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    CH
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER
    Health Professional
    N

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    INTERNAL COMPLAINT REFERENCE (B)(4). ARTICLE: SUI HAIJING, XIAO SHUIFANG, QIN YONG, WANG QUANGUI, ZHAO ENMIN, LIU YUHE, ... & CONG TIECHUAN. (2010). CLINICAL STUDY OF POSTOPERATIVE BLEEDING IN PLASMA RF-ASSISTED OPALOPHARYNGOPLASTY. CHINESE JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, 45(10 ), 830-834.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    H10: H3, H6: THE REPORTED DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO THE DESIGNATED COMPLAINT UNIT FOR INDEPENDENT EVALUATION, THUS VISUAL INSPECTION AND FUNCTIONAL TESTING COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. INSUFFICIENT PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED AND THUS A MANUFACTURING RECORD REVIEW, COMPLAINT HISTORY REVIEW, THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, RISK MANAGEMENT REVIEW COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED. BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS TO SUGGEST THAT THE PRODUCT DID NOT MEET MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS UPON RELEASE FOR DISTRIBUTION. A CLINICAL REVIEW STATES THAT BASED ON A REVIEW OF THIS COMPLAINT, AS OF THE DATE OF THIS MEDICAL INVESTIGATION, THE REQUESTED CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED; THEREFORE, THERE WERE NO CLINICAL FACTORS FOUND WHICH WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT. THE IMAGES PROVIDED IN THE ARTICLE HAVE BEEN INTERPRETED WITHIN THE TEXT; THEREFORE, NO FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE IMAGES IS REQUIRED. THE PATIENT IMPACT BEYOND THAT WHICH WAS REPORTED CANNOT BE DETERMINED. THE PATIENTS¿ OUTCOME OR CURRENT HEALTH STATUS WAS NOT PROVIDED. THEREFORE, NO FURTHER CLINICAL/MEDICAL ASSESSMENT CAN BE RENDERED. THERE WAS NO RELATIONSHIP FOUND BETWEEN THE DEVICE AND THE REPORTED EVENT. THE COMPLAINT WAS NOT CONFIRMED. PLEASE REFER TO THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROPER USE OF THE DEVICE AND POTENTIAL TROUBLESHOOTING METHODS TO PREVENT FUTURE REOCCURRENCE OF THE REPORTED EVENT. NO CONTAINMENT OR CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. IF THE PRODUCT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT IS RETURNED AT A FUTURE DATE, THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE REOPENED FOR EVALUATION.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON LITERATURE REVIEW "STUDY ON HEMORRHAGE FOLLOWING COBLATION ASSISTED UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY", 10 PATIENTS HAD A BLEEDING(UNKNOWN IF PRIMARY OR SECONDARY) AFTER AN UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY PROCEDURE USING A EVAC 70 COBLATION WAND. THE EVENTS WERE TREATED/RESOLVED BY OR TREATMENT WITH ELECTROCAUTERY OR SUTURE. PATIENTS OUTCOME IS UNKNOWN. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    2636210 UNKN ARTHROWAND AND CONTROLLER ELECTROSURGICAL, CUTTING & COAGULATION & ACCESSORIES GEI ARTHROCARE CORP. UNKNOWN

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Unknown Other| H