BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    LUPINE DRILL BIT

    MDR report key: 2117223 · Received May 13, 2011

    Report

    Report Number
    1221934-2011-00209
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    May 13, 2011
    Date of Event
    April 29, 2011
    Report Date
    May 4, 2011
    Manufacturer
    DEPUY MITEK
    Product Code
    GFG
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    NY, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THE TWO DRILL BITS ARE NOT RETURNED FOR EVAL, DEVICES WERE DISCARDED BY USER FACILITY. NO LOT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED WHICH PRECLUDES CONDUCTING A BATCH RECORD REVIEW TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE ANY INTERNAL PROCESSING ISSUES WHICH WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE NATURE OF THE PRODUCT COMPLAINT. HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT IS MOST LIKELY TECHNIQUE RELATED, EXTENSIVE LAB TESTING HAS SHOWN THAT UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS THE REPORTED EVENT MODE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, HOWEVER, UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS, THAT IS WHEN THE DRILL GUIDE WAS BENT DURING DRILLING WITH A DRILL BIT, THIS CAUSED THE DRILL BIT TO RUB AGAINST INNER SURFACE OF THE BENT DRILL GUIDE CAUSING SOME METAL TO SHAVE OFF OF THE DRILL GUIDE, THE REPORTED CONDITION WAS THEN DUPLICATED; OUTSIDE OF THIS HYPOTHESIS, WE CANNOT DISCERN ANY OTHER ROOT CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED ISSUE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME NO CORRECTIVE OR FURTHER ACTION IS WARRANTED, HOWEVER, MITEK WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ANY RELATED COMPLAINTS WITHIN THIS DEVICE FAMILY AS A MEANS OF MONITORING THE EXTENT WITH WHICH THIS COMPLAINT IS OBSERVED IN THE FIELD.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    OUR REP IS REPORTING TO US THAT DURING AN ARTHROSCOPIC SHOULDER REPAIR, THE SURGEON NOTED THAT THERE WERE METAL SHAVINGS EMANATING FROM TWO LUPINE DRILL BITS WHICH FELL INTO THE JOINT SPACE. ALL OF THE DEBRIS WAS REMOVED FROM THE BODY. THE PROCEDURE WAS CONCLUDED SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUE OR HARM TO THE PT. COMPLAINT DEVICES WERE DISCARDED AT USER FACILITY. PLEASE SEE ASSOCIATED MDR # 1221934-2011-207.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 LUPINE DRILL BIT ARTHROSCOPIC INSTRUMENT GFG DEPUY MITEK 211033 UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 UNK Required Intervention