FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

DERMABOND ADVANCED

MDR report key: 3040043 · Received April 8, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-03547
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 8, 2013
Date of Event
March 15, 2013
Report Date
March 19, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
MPN
PMA / PMN Number
P960052
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CONCLUSION: THE PRODUCT UPON WHICH THIS MEDWATCH IS BASED IS ANTICIPATED. ONCE THE PRODUCT IS RECEIVED, ANY FURTHER INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE EVALUATION WILL BE SUBMITTED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL 3500A FORM.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CONCLUSION: THE ACTUAL DEVICE INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT WAS RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. THE DEVICE WAS VISUALLY EVALUATED. VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE SAMPLE REVEALED A PIERCING THROUGH WHICH A GLASS SHARD PROTRUDED IN THE APPLICATOR BULB. ALSO, A PIERCING IN THE BUTYRATE TUBE WAS OBSERVED. THESE PIERCINGS COINCIDED IN POSITION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN ABDOMINOPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2013 AND TOPICAL SKIN ADHESIVE WAS USED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISPENSE THE PRODUCT, A PIECE OF GLASS WAS PROTRUDING INTO THE AMPOULE. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE PATIENT CONSEQUENCES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
143530 DERMABOND ADVANCED TOPICAL SKIN ADHESIVE MPN ETHICON, INC. NA NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1