BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    PWRD ECH FLEX 60MM

    MDR report key: 2935567 · Received January 30, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    3005075853-2013-00389
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    January 30, 2013
    Report Date
    January 11, 2013
    Manufacturer
    ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
    Product Code
    GDW
    PMA / PMN Number
    K110385
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    KY, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4); DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED AND THE FOLLOWING WAS OBTAINED: WHAT OTHER COLOR CARTRIDGES WERE USED BEFORE AND AFTER THIS EVENT? BLACK AND THE CASE WAS COMPLETED WITH A GREEN LOAD. WAS THE INSTRUMENT FIRED ACROSS OR NEAR AN EXISTING STAPLE LINE OR CLIP? ASKU. WERE ANY UNEXPECTED NOISES HEARD? NO. WERE ANY OF THE FORCES HIGHER OR LOWER THAN EXPECTED (CLOSING, FIRING, OR OPENING)? ASKU. AFTER USE, DID EACH OF THE TRIGGERS AND BUTTONS AUTOMATICALLY RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL (PRE-FIRED) POSITIONS, WITHOUT INTERVENTION? ASKU. 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? NO. THE COMPLAINT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED BECAUSE NO DEVICE WAS RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. AS A LOT NUMBER WAS NOT RECEIVED, A DEVICE HISTORY REVIEW COULD NOT BE PERFORMED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY, ON THE LAST FIRING OF THE DEVICE, FIRING ON THE GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION USING A BLACK RELOAD WITH SEAMGUARD, THIRTY MILLIMETERS LONG; NO STAPLES WERE FORMED. THE CARTRIDGE WAS REMOVED, SWISHED AND RELOADED WITH AN ECR60G WITH BUTTRESSING (SEAMGUARD), DEVICE FIRED AND THE STAPLES WERE FINE. THIS WAS A REVISION FROM A BAND REMOVAL. THE SURGEON STATED THAT THE TISSUE WAS THICK AND SCARRED. NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES WERE REPORTED. PATIENT IS STABLE. NO DEVICE RETURNING.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    40278 PWRD ECH FLEX 60MM STAPLE, IMPLANTABLE GDW ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. NA UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1