BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    ENDOPATH** ETS45

    MDR report key: 2850487 · Received November 29, 2012

    Report

    Report Number
    3005075853-2012-05377
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    November 29, 2012
    Date of Event
    October 30, 2012
    Report Date
    October 31, 2012
    Manufacturer
    ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
    Product Code
    GDW
    PMA / PMN Number
    K020779
    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). FIRING TRIGGER TEETH, DAMAGED SPRING CARTRIDGE LOCKOUT TAB. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED AND THE FOLLOWING WAS OBTAINED: ON WHAT TISSUE TYPE WAS THE DEVICE USED? APPENDIX AT WHAT LOCATION ON THE TISSUE? ASKU. WAS THE DEVICE FIRED ON TISSUE THAT HAD BEEN RADIATED OR HAS THE PATIENT BEEN TAKING SYSTEMIC STEROIDS?ASKU. ON WHICH FIRING(S) DID THIS EVENT OCCUR (1ST, 2ND, 12TH, ETC)? 1ST. IF ECHELON, DURING WHICH STROKE DID THE EVENT OCCUR? WHAT COLOR CARTRIDGE WAS BEING USED?ASKU. WHAT OTHER COLOR CARTRIDGES WERE USED BEFORE AND AFTER THIS EVENT? NA. WAS BUTTRESSING MATERIAL UTILIZED? NO IF SO, WHICH PRODUCT? WAS THE INSTRUMENT FIRED ACROSS OR NEAR AN EXISTING STAPLE LINE OR CLIP?NO. WERE ANY UNEXPECTED NOISES HEARD? YES IF SO, WHEN? DURING FIRING. WERE ANY OF THE FORCES HIGHER OR LOWER THAN EXPECTED (CLOSING, FIRING, OR OPENING)?NO. AFTER USE, DID EACH OF THE TRIGGERS AND BUTTONS AUTOMATICALLY RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL (PRE-FIRED) POSITIONS, WITHOUT INTERVENTION? YES. WAS THERE ANY DIFFICULTY REMOVING THE DEVICE FROM THE TISSUE? NO. IS THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THIS DEVICE OR PROCEDURE? THE ANALYSIS RESULTS FOUND THAT THE DEVICE WAS RECEIVED WITH THE FIRING MECHANISM DAMAGED. A RELOAD WAS LOADED IN THE DEVICE. THE RELOAD WAS RECEIVED PARTIALLY FIRED AND WITH CARTRIDGE LOCKOUT SPRING DAMAGED. THE DAMAGE TO THE RELOAD LOCKOUT SPRING IS CONSISTENT WITH DAMAGE OBSERVED WHEN THE FIRING CYCLE IS STARTED, INTERRUPTED, RELEASED, AND RESTARTED. WHEN FIRING THE DEVICE MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRING STROKE IS COMPLETED. DO NOT PARTIALLY FIRE THE DEVICE. FIRE THE DEVICE BY SQUEEZING THE FIRING TRIGGER COMPLETELY UNTIL IT RESTS ON THE CLOSING TRIGGER. ONCE THE FIRING CYCLE HAS BEEN INITIATED, IT MUST BE COMPLETED. IF RE-INITIATION OF FIRING IS RESUMED, THE DEVICE WILL LOCKOUT. FIRING THROUGH THE LOCKOUT MECHANISM WILL BREAK THE DEVICE. PLEASE REFERENCE THE INSTRUCTION FOR USE FOR MORE INFORMATION. NO FUNCTIONAL TEST COULD BE PERFORMED DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THE DEVICE. THE DEVICE WAS DISASSEMBLED TO VERIFY THE CONDITION OF THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS AND THE FIRING TRIGGER TEETH WERE FOUND BROKEN. WHILE NO CONCLUSION COULD BE REACH ON WHAT CAUSE THE FIRING MECHANISM TO FAIL, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE DEVICE WAS ATTEMPTED TO FIRE ON TICKER TISSUE THEN INDICATED OR ATTEMPTED TO FIRE TROUGH A LOCKED RELOAD IN PREVIOUS FIRINGS CAUSING AN INCREASE OF THE INTERNAL FORCES RESULTING IN THE COMPONENT YIELDING. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A 100% INSPECTIONS TAKES PLACE DURING MANUFACTURING TO ENSURE THE DEVICE MEETS THE REQUIRE SPECIFICATIONS; IN ADDITION, A SAMPLE OF THE BATCH IS INSPECTED AT (B)(4). 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 APPENDECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON WAS STAPLING ACROSS THE APPENDIX AND AFTER THE SURGEON FIRED THE STAPLER HE OBSERVED THAT THE STAPLE LINE FORMED COMPLETELY BUT ONLY CUT HALF OF THE TISSUE. DURING THE FIRING IT MADE A POP SOUND. THEY CUT THE REMAINING TISSUE FOR REMOVAL AND COMPLETED THE PROCEDURE. THERE WAS NO BLEEDING OR PATIENT CONSEQUENCE.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 ENDOPATH** ETS45 STAPLE, IMPLANTABLE GDW ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. NA G4TR4N

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1