FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IDRIVE POWERED HANDLE

MDR report key: 2191830 · Received July 29, 2011

Report

Report Number
1219930-2011-00642
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 29, 2011
Date of Event
July 11, 2011
Report Date
July 15, 2011
Manufacturer
UNITED STATES SURGICAL
Product Code
GDW
PMA / PMN Number
K102325
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PROCEDURE: LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION. ACCORDING TO THE RPTR: DURING THE CASE, THE TECH PLACED THE RELOAD ONTO THE HANDLE AND DID A TEST OUTSIDE THE PT CAVITY. THE RELOAD CALIBRATED CORRECTLY SURGEON THEN TOOK THE DEVICE AND PRESSED THE FIRE BUTTON BY MISTAKE. AFTER THE DEVICE WAS FIRED, THE DOCTOR PUSHED THE OPEN BUTTON AT WHICH TIME THE JAWS WOULD NOT OPEN. THE TECH THEN UNLOADED THE RELOAD WHILE IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THE TECH ATTACHED A NEW RELOAD TO HANDLE THE JAWS OF THE RELOAD AGAIN CALIBRATED CORRECTLY. THE SURGEON THEN INSERTED THE DEVICE INTO THE PELVIS, PLACED THE JAWS AT THE DISTAL END OF THE RECTUM AND THEN THE SURGEON CLOSED THE JAWS AND FIRED THE DEVICE. AFTER FIRING THE DEVICE, THE SURGEON AGAIN COULD NOT OPEN JAWS. THE SURGEON DID TRY SEVERAL TIME TO REMOVE THE UNIT WITH THE SAME OUTCOME. WITH A LIGHT WIGGLE OF THE DEVICE, THE DEVICE SEPARATED FROM THE RECTUM. THE SURGEON STATED A GOOD STAPLE LINE WAS FORMED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IDRIVE POWERED HANDLE SURGICAL STAPLER GDW UNITED STATES SURGICAL

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 MANUFACTURE DATE: 04/2011| IDRIVE BATTERY, INTB100| IDRIVE RIGHT ANGLE LINEAR CUTTER SULU, INTRALC45| LOT NUMBER: L1D02UXR, EXP DATE: 04/30/2014