BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    HARMONIC SYNERGY* CURVED BLADE

    MDR report key: 3013191 · Received March 20, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    3005075853-2013-01324
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    March 20, 2013
    Date of Event
    February 28, 2013
    Report Date
    March 12, 2013
    Manufacturer
    ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
    Product Code
    LFL
    PMA / PMN Number
    K012176
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    JA
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). INFORMATION ANTICIPATED, BUT UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. WHEN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED AND/OR THE DEVICE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE SENT.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED WITH THE DISTAL TIP OF THE BLADE BROKEN OFF AND RETURNED WITH THE DEVICE. THE REMAINING BLADE PORTION WAS SCRATCHED ¿ EVIDENCE OF CONTACT WITH METAL IN OR OUT OF THE OPERATIVE FIELD. THE DEVICE WAS ACTIVATED WITH THE GENERATOR AND AN ERROR CODE 5 WAS DISPLAYED. PROBABLE CAUSES OF BLADE DAMAGE, INCLUDING BREAKAGE, ARE EXTERNAL CONTACT DURING PRE-OP OR GENERAL USE, BLADE CONTACT WITH OTHER DEVICES, STAPLES OR CLIPS DURING THE PROCEDURE OR USING ANY MEANS OTHER THAN THE BLADE WRENCH TO ATTACH OR DETACH THE BLADE. ONCE MINOR BLADE DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED, SUBSEQUENT ACTIVATIONS MAY INCREASE DAMAGE SEVERITY AND RESULT IN AN ERROR CODE 5 OR BLADE ¿LOCKOUT¿ LATER IN THE PROCEDURE, AND CONTINUED USAGE CAN RESULT IN A BROKEN BLADE

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC NOSE PROCEDURE, THE BLADE WAS BROKEN OFF ON AN INSTRUMENT TABLE AFTER SEVERAL TIMES ACTIVATION. NO PIECES FELL INTO THE PATIENT. ANOTHER DEVICE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE CASE. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES TO THE PATIENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    115389 HARMONIC SYNERGY* CURVED BLADE INSTRUMENT, ULTRASONIC SURGICAL LFL ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. UNK J4AD05

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 GENERATOR, HANDPIECE