FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TAP F/CORTSCR Ø4.5 L125/70

MDR report key: 3092245 · Received May 3, 2013

Report

Report Number
8030965-2013-02109
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 3, 2013
Date of Event
April 2, 2013
Report Date
April 8, 2013
Manufacturer
SYNTHES GMBH
Product Code
HWX
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SZ
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE IS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. RECEIVED DATE REPORTED IN ERROR. DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED. DEVICE IS A MULTIUSE INSTRUMENT. PLACEHOLDER.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. DEVICE IS NOT DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT IS SIMILAR TO A DEVICE MARKETED IN THE USA. THE MANUFACTURING DOCUMENTS WERE REVIEWED AND NO COMPLAINT RELATED ISSUES WERE FOUND. SUBJECT DEVICE HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS. INVESTIGATION IS ON GOING; NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE REPORT FROM SYNTHES (B)(4) REPORTS AN EVENT IN (B)(6) AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING AN OPERATION ON A DYNAMIC HIP SCREW (DHS) PATIENT ON (B)(6) 2013, THE TIP OF THE TAP WAS BROKEN DURING NORMAL USE. THE BROKEN TIP OF THE TAP REMAINED IN THE PATIENT. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
195361 TAP F/CORTSCR Ø4.5 L125/70 HWX SYNTHES GMBH SER.NR. 2073

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1