FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TUBE CEV649-5B DIA 5MM 350MM

MDR report key: 3338711 · Received August 29, 2013

Report

Report Number
9680837-2013-00303
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 29, 2013
Date of Event
November 22, 2012
Report Date
November 27, 2012
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC XOMED INSTRUMENTATION S.A.S. LE PAVILLON
Product Code
GEI
PMA / PMN Number
K993655
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE 2 OF 3: CEV10195R (LOT NUMBER 120522) - MANUFACTURING DATE: MAY 2012. DEVICE 3 OF 3: CEV625-1 (LOT NUMBER 100903) - MANUFACTURING DATE: SEPTEMBER 2010. THE DEVICE (PART NUMBER CEV649-5B) WAS EVALUATED AND INDICATED THAT THE TUBE SHEATHING WAS DAMAGED AND PRESENTS TRACES OF COLLISION. PROBABLY MULTIPLE COLLISIONS DURING USE AND THE REPROCESSING STAGES. CEV605G WAS EVALUATED AND INDICATED THAT THE RETURNED INSTRUMENT BLADES ARE BLUNT. THE BLADES ARE BLUNT AFTER USE AND NEED TO BE SHARPENED. CEV10195R WAS EVALUATED AND INDICATED THAT THE HANDLE WAS HARD TO USE AND IS SLIGHTLY JAMMED. PROBABLY DUE TO A LACK OF REGULAR LUBRICATION BY THE CLIENT. CEV625-1 WAS EVALUATED AND INDICATED THAT NO PROBLEM WAS OBSERVED. INSTRUMENT WAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS. PROBABLY MULTIPLE COLLISIONS DURING USE AND THE REPROCESSING STAGES. (B)(6). 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 TO 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 NUMBER: NA. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THREE DEVICES (PART NUMBER CEV649-5B, CEV10195R, AND CEV625-1) WERE RETURNED TO MXI SERVICE AND REPAIR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
424688 TUBE CEV649-5B DIA 5MM 350MM GEI MEDTRONIC XOMED INSTRUMENTATION S.A.S. LE PAVILLON CEV649-5B 120520

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1