FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LOCKING SLIDING INSERT F/AIMING ARM F/PF

MDR report key: 3253071 · Received July 29, 2013

Report

Report Number
8030965-2013-04412
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 29, 2013
Report Date
July 1, 2013
Manufacturer
SYNTHES GMBH
Product Code
HWE
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SZ
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPLAINED LOCKING SLIDING APPLICATION WAS SENT TO OUR RESPONSIBLE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THERE IT HAS UNDERGONE A FUNCTION CONTROL. NO DEVIATIONS WERE FOUND. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO REPEAT THE FAILURE. NO PRODUCT FAULT COULD BE DETECTED. PLACEHOLDER.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. DEVICE IS AN INSTRUMENT AND IS NOT IMPLANTED/EXPLANTED. DEVICE IS NOT DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT IS SIMILAR TO DEVICE MARKETED IN THE USA. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS WAS PERFORMED 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

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CLAMPS BECAME DISENTANGLED. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
353029 LOCKING SLIDING INSERT F/AIMING ARM F/PF HWE SYNTHES GMBH 8205871

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1