FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

COR31 12X150MM, KII OPTICAL ACCESS SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2082589 · Received April 28, 2011

Report

Report Number
2082589
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 28, 2011
Date of Event
April 25, 2011
Report Date
April 28, 2011
Manufacturer
INTUITIVE
Product Code
GCJ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING A ROBOTIC SURGERY, THE PHYSICIAN MOVED THE CAMERA AROUND INSIDE THE ABDOMEN AND NOTED TISSUE UP AGAINST IT, OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW. SO, THE SCRUB TECH WENT TO MOVE THE PORT AND ADVANCE IT WHEN THEY HEARD A NOISE AND NOTED THE PORT HAD CRACKED AND A PIECE OR TWO FLEW AWAY FROM THE PATIENT. THEY HAD BEEN LOSING GAS; HAVING PROBLEMS MAINTAINING PNEUMOPERITONEUM DURING THE WHOLE CASE AND BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE PORT THE ENTIRE TIME, CREATING THE LOSS OF GAS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 COR31 12X150MM, KII OPTICAL ACCESS SYSTEM TROCAR PORT GCJ INTUITIVE COR31 12X150MM 1134872

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 45 YR