FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

STARDRIVE SCREWDRIVER

MDR report key: 2983434 · Received February 28, 2013

Report

Report Number
2520274-2013-01240
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 28, 2013
Date of Event
January 10, 2013
Report Date
January 29, 2013
Manufacturer
SYNTHES (USA)
Product Code
HXX
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SZ
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. WITHOUT A LOT NUMBER THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED; NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN, AS NO PRODUCT WAS RECEIVED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE REPORT FROM SYNTHES EUROPE REPORTS AN EVENT IN (B)(6) AS FOLLOWS: PATIENT HAD A FRACTURE OF THE DISTAL RADIUS. ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT HAD A PROCEDURE DONE ON THE FRACTURED DISTAL RADIUS, WHERE THE SURGEON VA-TCP. WHEN THE DOCTOR WAS JUST ABOUT TO OPEN A PACKAGE OF VA LOCKSCR 2.4 SELF-TAP L16 TAN AND BEGIN TO USE. HOWEVER, THE SCREW DID NOT FIT RIGHT IN WITH THE DRIVER. THE DOCTOR INSERTED THE SCREW THINKING THAT STARDRIVE WAS NOT THE SAME IN SHAPE. THE SHAPE OF STARDRIVE WAS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN PROPER ONE, THE DRIVER RUN IDLE AND STARDRIVE WAS BROKEN. THE SCREW IN QUESTION WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER ONE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
86175 STARDRIVE SCREWDRIVER HXX SYNTHES (USA)

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1