BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    LIGAMAX-5MM ENDO CLIP APPLIER

    MDR report key: 2960742 · Received February 14, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    3005075853-2013-00609
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    February 14, 2013
    Date of Event
    January 21, 2013
    Report Date
    January 25, 2013
    Manufacturer
    ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
    Product Code
    FZP
    PMA / PMN Number
    K050344
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    JA
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4).WHICH FIRING OF THE DEVICE DID THIS EVENT OCCUR ON?---NO INFORMATION. WHAT VESSEL OR STRUCTURE WAS THE DEVICE FIRED ON AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT? ---AROUND THE GASTRIC BODY. WAS THE CLIP FULLY ADVANCED INTO THE JAWS PRIOR TO FIRING? ---NO. WAS THERE ANY TORQUING OR TWISTING OF THE DEVICE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF FIRING? ---NO. WAS ANY UNEXPECTED RESISTANCE FELT WHILE FIRING THE TRIGGER? ---NO. WERE ANY UNEXPECTED NOISES HEARD? ---NO. IF SO, WHEN? DID ANYTHING UNEXPECTED HAPPEN PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT? ---NO. WAS THE DEVICE FIRED AFTER THIS INCIDENT IN OR OUT OF THE PATIENT? ---NO INFORMATION. WHAT WERE THE INDICATIONS FOR SURGERY? WHAT WAS FOUND? ---NO INFORMATION. DOES THE PATIENT HAVE ANY RELEVANT HISTORY OF SURGICAL TREATMENTS? IF SO, WHAT? ---NO INFORMATION. DID SOMEBODY OTHER THAN THE PRIMARY SURGEON FIRE THE INSTRUMENT? IF SO, WHOM? ---NO INFORMATION. THE ANALYSIS RESULTS FOUND THAT THE DEVICE WAS RECEIVED IN GOOD VISUAL CONDITION. UPON CYCLING THE DEVICE, IT WAS NOTED TO BE EMPTY AND LOCKED OUT. THE INSTRUMENT IS DESIGNED TO LOCK OUT AFTER ALL THE CLIPS HAVE BEEN FIRED; THEREFORE A POTENTIAL CAUSE OF THE CUSTOMER REPORTED EXPERIENCE IS THE FIRING OF ALL OF THE CLIPS AND THE INSTRUMENT "WILL NOT FIRE" (ACTIVATION OF THE LOCK OUT MECHANISM). THE INSTRUMENT HAS AN ORANGE INDICATOR THAT APPEARS ON THE TOP OF THE HANDLE AS A REFERENCE FOR THE USER AS TO THE QUANTITY OF CLIPS REMAINING. NO CONCLUSION COULD BE REACHED AS TO WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE EVENT REPORTED. 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 AN OPEN GASTRECTOMY PROCEDURE, TWO CLIPS WERE FED INTO THE JAWS AT A TIME AND THEY WERE MALFORMED. NO CLIPS FELL INTO THE PATIENT. ANOTHER DEVICE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE CASE. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES TO THE PATIENT. THE DOCTOR COMMENTED THAT S/HE HAD NOT BEEN AWARE OF THE ANOMALY IN THE DEVICE AT THE FIRING.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    65254 LIGAMAX-5MM ENDO CLIP APPLIER CLIP, IMPLANTABLE FZP ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. NA J4CD2M

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1