FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SSL ACCESS SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2200010 · Received August 10, 2011

Report

Report Number
3005075853-2011-03246
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 10, 2011
Date of Event
July 18, 2011
Report Date
July 19, 2011
Manufacturer
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
Product Code
GCJ
PMA / PMN Number
K091211
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AR, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). ANTICIPATED, BUT UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE AND RETRACTOR WERE RETURNED. THE LOWER (SMOOTH) RING OF THE RETRACTOR WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE BODY OF THE RETRACTOR. NO ABNORMAL VISUAL FINDINGS WERE NOTED ON THE SEAL CAP. THE RETRACTOR WAS RETURNED TORN. DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE NO FUNCTIONAL TESTING COULD BE PERFORMED. THE REPORTED INCIDENT WAS CONFIRMED HOWEVER HOW THE DAMAGE OCCURRED COULD NOT BE ASCERTAINED. THE BATCH RECORD WAS REVIEWED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY PROCEDURE, AT THE END OF THE CASE, THE DEVICE TORE AND FELL APART INTO THE PATIENT. THE BOTTOM HALF WAS REMOVED THROUGH THE TROCAR. THEY HAD COMPLETED THE PROCEDURE AT THIS POINT. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SSL ACCESS SYSTEM GENERAL & PLASTIC SURGERY GCJ ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1