FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LIGACLIP ENDOSCOPIC ROTATING MULTIPLE CLIP APPLIER

MDR report key: 255142 · Received December 15, 1999

Report

Report Number
1527736-1999-06486
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 15, 1999
Date of Event
November 25, 1999
Report Date
November 28, 1999
Manufacturer
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
Product Code
GDO
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MD, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT (1) ER DEVICE WAS USED DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY. IT WAS REPORTED BY THE REP THAT THE FIRST TWO CLIPS FIRED PROPERLY. THE NEXT FOUR CLIPS SCISSORED AND TWO CLIPS CAME OUT SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR THE FINAL FIRING. THE SURGEON USED A SECOND ER320 WHICH FIRED WITHOUT INCIDENT TO COMPLETE THE CASE. THERE WAS NO CONSEQUENCE TO THE PT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LIGACLIP ENDOSCOPIC ROTATING MULTIPLE CLIP APPLIER CLIP APPLIERS - ENDOSCOPIC GDO ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. NA M4FAOG

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN Other