FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DRILL 3055601 SKEETER OTO-TOOL

MDR report key: 2193571 · Received August 5, 2011

Report

Report Number
1045254-2011-00057
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 5, 2011
Date of Event
June 23, 2011
Report Date
July 8, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC XOMED INC
Product Code
ERL
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AFTER FURTHER CLARIFICATION WITH OSB, IT WAS DETERMINED THIS REPORT WAS FILED IN ERROR AS AN MDR REPORTABLE EVENT. PER OSB, THE FACT THAT THE SURGERY WAS CANCELLED DOES NOT MEET THE REGULATORY DEFINITION OF A MDR REPORTABLE EVENT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ANY MISSING OR INCOMPLETE DATA ON THIS FORM 3500A IS THE RESULT OF INFORMATION NOT BEING PROVIDED OR RELEASED BY THE REPORTER. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN THE REQUIRED INFORMATION WERE MADE, AND THE RECORDS OF THESE ATTEMPTS ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE COMPLAINT FILE. THIS PRODUCT WAS BEING USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6), 2011, DURING AN EXPLORATORY TYMPANOTOMY AND LEFT STAPEDECTOMY PROCEDURE THE SURGEON WAS HANDED THE DRILL TO BEGIN THE STAPEDECTOMY , BUT, "THE DRILL WAS CRIMPED SHUT AND WAS UNABLE TO PASS THE BIT." THE SURGEON CANCELLED THE PROCEDURE AT THAT TIME AND INDICATED THE PROCEDURE WOULD HAVE TO BE RESCHEDULED. THE POWERED DRILL IS A SLENDER, LIGHTWEIGHT DRILL HANDPIECE USED WITH BURS, SPECIFICALLY FOR USE IN MIDDLE EAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES, INCLUDING STAPES FOOTPLATE SURGERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DRILL 3055601 SKEETER OTO-TOOL DRILL, SURGICAL, ENT (ELECTRIC OR PNEUMATIC) INCLUDING HANDPIECE ERL MEDTRONIC XOMED INC 3055601 NOT PROVID

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00037 YR Required Intervention