BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    HARMONIC ACE 36CM W ERG HANDLE

    MDR report key: 1962051 · Received January 17, 2011

    Report

    Report Number
    3005075853-2011-00198
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    January 17, 2011
    Date of Event
    December 31, 2010
    Report Date
    January 5, 2011
    Manufacturer
    ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
    Product Code
    LFL
    PMA / PMN Number
    K042777
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    UK
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED WITH THE DISTAL TIP OF THE BLADE BROKEN OFF AND NOT RETURNED WITH THE DEVICE. THE REMAINING BLADE PORTION WAS SCRATCHED. THE DEVICE WAS ACTIVATED WITH THE GENERATOR AND AN ERROR CODE 5 WAS DISPLAYED. PROBABLE CAUSES OF BLADE DAMAGE, INCLUDING BREAKAGE, ARE EXTERNAL CONTACT DURING PRE-OP OR GENERAL USE, BLADE CONTACT WITH OTHER DEVICES, STAPLES OR CLIPS DURING THE PROCEDURE OR USING ANY MEANS OTHER THAN THE BLADE WRENCH TO ATTACH OR DETACH THE BLADE. ONCE MINOR BLADE DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED, SUBSEQUENT ACTIVATIONS MAY INCREASE DAMAGE SEVERITY AND RESULT IN AN ERROR CODE 5 OR BLADE "LOCKOUT" LATER IN THE PROCEDURE, AND CONTINUED USAGE CAN RESULT IN A BROKEN BLADE.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE DEVICE WAS WORKING FINE, IT WAS CLEANED BY THE SISTER DURING THE CASE AS PER NORMAL BUT WHEN HANDED BACK TO THE SURGEON THE BLADE FELL OFF. THIS DID NOT OCCUR WHILE THE INSTRUMENT WAS BEING ACTIVATED OR IN THE PATIENT. THE DEVICE WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER INSTRUMENT WHICH DID NOT CAUSE ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PATIENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 HARMONIC ACE 36CM W ERG HANDLE INSTRUMENT, ULTRASONIC SURGICAL LFL ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. UNK UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 GENERATOR AND HANDPIECE