FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HARMONIC* BLUE HAND PIECE AND BLUE TEST TIP

MDR report key: 3102927 · Received May 9, 2013

Report

Report Number
3005075853-2013-02202
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 9, 2013
Date of Event
May 1, 2013
Report Date
May 7, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
Product Code
LFL
PMA / PMN Number
K063192
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE, DEVICE NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. SHOULD THE INFORMATION BE PROVIDED LATER, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE SENT. NO DEVICE RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS, BUT THE HANDPIECE IS A LIMITED LIFE REUSEABLE WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED IN JULY, 2011. THE HANDPIECE MAY BE AND END OF USEFUL LIFE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE O.R. THAT THEY WERE GETTING THE "CHANGE HAND PIECE ERROR" WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE THEIR HAND PIECES WITH REPROCESSED DEVICES BY ASCENT. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE, BUT NO FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING EITHER THE PATIENT OR THE CASE. NO DEVICE WILL BE RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
202917 HARMONIC* BLUE HAND PIECE AND BLUE TEST TIP HANDPIECE LFL ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. UNK NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 GENERATOR