FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LEGEND DISSECTING TOOL

MDR report key: 2250118 · Received September 15, 2011

Report

Report Number
1625507-2011-00122
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 15, 2011
Date of Event
August 18, 2011
Report Date
August 18, 2011
Manufacturer
MDT POWERED SURGICAL SOLUTIONS
Product Code
HBE
PMA / PMN Number
K020069
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REPORT CONFIRMED. EVALUATION NOTED THAT THE DEVICE WAS RECEIVED IN TWO PIECES AND THE FRACTURE WAS PLANAR. THE FRACTURE SURFACE WAS SMEARED DUE TO THE TWO SURFACES RUBBING AGAINST EACH OTHER. THE TOOL FRACTURED DUE TO APPLYING A SIDE LOAD ON THE TOOL. ON FOLLOW-UP IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO PATIENT IMPACT. THE USER MANUAL CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING "DO NOT USE EXCESSIVE PRESSURE, SUCH AS BENDING OR PRYING, ON ATTACHMENTS OR DISSECTING TOOLS. THIS MAY CAUSE TOOL TO BEND OR BREAK AND CAUSE INJURY TO PATIENT, OPERATOR AND/OR OPERATING ROOM STAFF."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A REPORT WAS RECEIVED STATING THAT A "BURR BROKE WHILE IN SURGERY, INSIDE PATIENT BUT NO PATIENT IMPACT." ON FOLLOW-UP IT WAS NOTED THAT ALL THE PIECES WERE RECOVERED AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO PATIENT IMPACT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LEGEND DISSECTING TOOL DRILLS, BURRS, TREPHINES & ACCESSORIES (SIMPLE, POWERED) HBE MDT POWERED SURGICAL SOLUTIONS N/A 0005665497

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1