FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

UNK PRODUCT - DRILL

MDR report key: 2192491 · Received June 30, 2011

Report

Report Number
9610622-2011-00286
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 30, 2011
Date of Event
June 7, 2011
Report Date
June 14, 2011
Manufacturer
STRYKER OSTEOSYNTHESIS KIEL
Product Code
LXH
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR INVESTIGATION. ADD'L INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED ANY ADD'L INFO WILL BE REPORTED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE SURGEON, GUIDE WIRE AND 360 DRILL WENT PROXIMALLY THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE NAIL. IN A SUBSEQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH THE SALES REP (WHO ATTENDED THE CASE) VIA E-MAIL, THE FOLLOWING INFO WAS RENDERED: "THE K WIRE AND THE 4.2 MM X 360 MM DRILL SEEMED TO DEFLECT ONCE GOING THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE NAIL. THEY SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME TYPING TO GET IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND THEN REAMED WITH THE STEP DRILL BY HAND. THE STEP DRILL DIDN'T APPEAR TO HIT THE NAIL STRAIGHT. I'VE SEEN THE K-WIRE DEFLECT BUT NOT THE DRILL."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 UNK PRODUCT - DRILL INSTRUMENT LXH STRYKER OSTEOSYNTHESIS KIEL NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Other