BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    HARMONIC ACE 36 CM

    MDR report key: 1830389 · Received January 11, 2008

    Report

    Report Number
    1527736-2008-00225
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    January 11, 2008
    Date of Event
    November 12, 2007
    Report Date
    November 14, 2007
    Manufacturer
    ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. (CINCINNATI)
    Product Code
    LFL
    PMA / PMN Number
    K042777
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    JA
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). DEVICES A AND B WERE RETURNED WITH THE BLADES SCRATCHED AND CRACKED. DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE BLADES, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE DEVICES WERE NON-FUNCTIONAL. THE DEVICES WERE TESTED WITH A GENERATOR AND AN ERROR CODE 5 WAS NOTED. THE IDENTIFIED BLADE DAMAGE MAY HAVE OCCURRED FROM EXTERNAL CONTACT DURING PRE-OP OR GENERAL USE. IN ADDITION, MINOR BLADE DAMAGE MAY INCREASE IN SEVERITY DURING SUBSEQUENT ACTIVATIONS, AND MAY RESULT IN BLADE "LOCKOUT" LATER IN THE PROCEDURE. FOR THIS REASON THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE: "AVOID ACCIDENTAL CONTACT WITH ALL METAL OR PLASTIC INSTRUMENTS OR OBJECTS WHEN THE INSTRUMENT IS ACTIVATED. CONTACT WITH STAPLES, CLIPS OR OTHER INSTRUMENT WHILE THE INSTRUMENT IS ACTIVATED MAY RESULT IN CRACKED OR BROKEN BLADES, WHICH MAY BE IDENTIFIED BY GENERATOR SOLID TONE OR INSTRUMENT ERROR." EACH DEVICE IS VISUALLY INSPECTED AND FUNCTIONALLY TESTED PRIOR TO SHIPMENT, AND DAMAGE OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD HAVE BEEN DETECTED AT THIS PROCESS. WE HAVE DOCUMENTED THE CIRCUMSTANCES AS THEY WERE REPORTED TO US. IN ADDITION, COMPLAINT INFO IS TRENDED ON A REGULAR BASIS TO DETERMINE IF FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS WARRANTED. A BATCH RECORD REVIEW WAS PERFORMED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND DURING THE MFG PROCESS.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAP GASTRECTOMY, AN ERROR CODE 5 OCCURRED. THE HAND PIECE WAS CHANGED BUT STILL NOT RESOLVED, AND FINALLY THE BLADE WAS EXCHANGED. ANOTHER DEVICE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE CASE. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES TO THE PATIENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 HARMONIC ACE 36 CM LFL ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. (CINCINNATI) NA D4J116

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 HANDPIECE| GENERATOR