FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

NEEDLE HOLDER CEV500T5 DIA 5MM TUNGSTEN

MDR report key: 3337832 · Received August 29, 2013

Report

Report Number
9680837-2013-00401
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 29, 2013
Date of Event
March 15, 2013
Report Date
March 27, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC XOMED INSTRUMENTATION S.A.S.
Product Code
GCJ
PMA / PMN Number
K080257
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE 2 OF 2: CEV500T5 (LOT: 120301) - MANUFACTURING DATE: 03/2012. (B)(6). EVALUATION OF THESE DEVICES INDICATED THAT THE BOTTOM OF THE JAW WAS BROKEN AND TRACES OF CORROSION HAVE BEEN NOTED ON THE FRACTURE ZONE. A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE OF ORGANIC AND MINERAL RESIDUES WERE ALSO NOTED. NO MANUFACTURIGN NOR MATERIAL DEFECTS WERE NOTED. THE DEVICES WERE MOST LIKELY DROPPED OR SUFFERED FROM IMPACT THAT WEAKENED THE DEVICES AND LED TO THE BREAKAGE OBSERVED DURNG USE. NOTE: THIS MDR IS BEING FILED AS A RESULT OF AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF COMPLAINTS FROM MEDTRONIC'S MXI FACILITY IN (B)(4). THIS REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED IN RESOLVE SEVERAL ISSUES DISCOVERED IN THE MXI COMPLAINT HANDLING PROCESS. ISSUES RESOLVED INCLUDE THE MISCLASSIFICATION OF DEVICES RETURNED FOR REPAIR, AS WELL AS GAPS IN REPORTING. MXI CAPA (B)(4) WAS OPENED TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. MEDTRONIC'S INTERNAL REFERENCE #: NA. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

TWO DEVICES (CEV500T5) WERE RETURNED FOR REPAIR TO MXI SERVICE AND REPAIR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
427475 NEEDLE HOLDER CEV500T5 DIA 5MM TUNGSTEN GCJ MEDTRONIC XOMED INSTRUMENTATION S.A.S. CEV500T5 120301

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1