BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    PROXIMATE*PPH PROCEDURE SET

    MDR report key: 1955193 · Received January 10, 2011

    Report

    Report Number
    3005075853-2011-00088
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    January 10, 2011
    Date of Event
    December 22, 2010
    Report Date
    December 28, 2010
    Manufacturer
    ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
    Product Code
    GDW
    PMA / PMN Number
    K051301
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    SP
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). WASHER UNCUT. THE ANALYSIS RESULTS FOUND THAT THE DEVICE ARRIVED IN GOOD VISUAL CONDITION WITHOUT STAPLES PRESENT AND WITH THE BREAKAWAY WASHER UNCUT, INDICATING THAT THE DEVICE HAD NOT BEEN FIRED THROUGH A FULL FIRING STROKE OR POSSIBLY THAT THE ORANGE INDICATOR WAS NOT FULLY INTO THE SAFE GREEN FIRING RANGE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IF THE INDICATOR IS NOT FULLY WITHIN THE GREEN RANGE OF THE GAP SETTING SCALE OR IF THE FIRING HANDLE IS NOT FIRMLY SQUEEZED USING STEADY PRESSURE UNTIL THE FIRING HANDLE IS FULLY PARALLEL TO THE INSTRUMENT HANDLE, STAPLES COULD BE DEPLOYED WITHOUT COMPLETELY FORMING AND WITHOUT CUTTING THE WASHER. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE. THE DEVICE WAS RELOADED WITH STAPLES AND TESTED FOR FUNCTIONALITY WITH A TEST WASHER; THE DEVICE FORMED ALL THE STAPLES, AS WELL AS COMPLETELY CUT THE TEST MEDIA AND THE BREAKAWAY WASHER WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE STAPLE LINE WAS COMPLETE AND THE STAPLES WERE NOTED TO HAVE THE PROPER B-FORMED SHAPE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ALL DEVICES ARE INSPECTED 100% FOR STAPLE PRESENCE BY AN (B)(4), AND ARE VISUALLY INSPECTED 100% AS A FINAL CHECK. IN ADDITION, AT FINISHED GOODS THE DEVICES ARE VISUALLY INSPECTED BASED ON A SAMPLE. A BATCH RECORD REVIEW WAS PERFORMED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). INFORMATION ANTICIPATED, BUT UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A HEMORRHOIDECTOMY PROCEDURE, AT ANASTOMOSIS, THE DEVICE CUT BUT DID NOT STAPLE. THEY HAD TO SEW THE RECTUM BY HAND. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PATIENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 PROXIMATE*PPH PROCEDURE SET STAPLE, IMPLANTABLE GDW ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. NA G4RJ4C

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1