FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BATTERY OSCILLATOR

MDR report key: 3132462 · Received May 29, 2013

Report

Report Number
8030965-2013-02348
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 29, 2013
Date of Event
January 22, 2013
Report Date
January 23, 2013
Manufacturer
SYNTHES GMBH
Product Code
MOQ
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KY
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE: A SERVICE HISTORY OF THE PAST SIX MONTHS HAS BEEN REVIEWED. NO SERVICE HISTORY REVIEW CAN BE PERFORMED. THE ITEM HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN FOR SERVICE. THERE IS NO INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE CURRENT COMPLAINED ISSUE. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED; NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN, AS NO PRODUCT WAS RECEIVED. THE MANUFACTURING DOCUMENTS WERE REVIEWED AND NO COMPLAINT RELATED ISSUES WERE FOUND.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS DEVICE IS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE: DEVICE WAS RECEIVED FOR EVALUATION. THE CUSTOMER'S COMPLAINT THAT THIS DEVICE WAS GETTING HOT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. THE DEVICE WAS FUNCTIONALLY TESTED AND MET ALL OPERATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS. PLACEHOLDER.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED PRIOR TO A TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE BATTERY OSCILLATOR WAS GETTING HOT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED BY UTILIZING A SPARE DEVICE. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT WHEN THE EVENT OCCURRED. THIS REPORT IS FOR A BATTERY OSCILLATOR. THIS IS 1 OF 1 DEVICE FOR THIS EVENT REPORTED ON COMPLAINT (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
237200 BATTERY OSCILLATOR MOQ SYNTHES GMBH 4464

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1