FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

LIFECELL REVOLVE (OEM VERSION OF GID 700)

MDR report key: 3341935 · Received July 27, 2013

Report

Report Number
3009964461-2013-00001
Event Type
Other
Date Received
July 27, 2013
Date of Event
June 12, 2013
Report Date
July 26, 2013
Manufacturer
THE GID GROUP INC.
Product Code
MUU
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NJ, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

POSSIBLE INFECTION IN THE SURGICAL SITE IS A FUNCTION OF STERILITY OF MANY INSTRUMENTS AND DEVICES AND TECHNIQUE, INCLUDING TUBING SETS, CANNULA, SKIN PREPARATION, OPERATING ROOM CLEANLINESS, SURGICAL TECHNIQUE, AND THE PATIENT SKIN FLORA, IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER FACTORS. BASED ON GID GROUP INVESTIGATION WHICH SHOWS NO INDICATION OF DEVICE MALFUNCTION, NO OTHER REPORTED INFECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REVOLVE LOT # 10208, AND THE NEGATIVE CULTURE REPORT, GID CONCLUDES THAT THERE IS A VERY HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THE REVOLVE DEVICE DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO REPORTED STERILE ABSCESS. THERE ARE 100 UNITS IN LOT # 10208. SIXTY OF THE UNITS HAVE BEEN CONSUMED (USED). THERE ARE NO REPORTED INFECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE OTHER UNITS IN THE LOT. GID WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR REVOLVE DEVICES FOR ANY ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF INFECTION. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LIFECELL CORPORATION COMPLAINT (B)(4) DATED (B)(4) 2013 SUBMITTED TO GID GROUP INC (MANUFACTURER AND FILER OF THIS REPORT) NOTED "INFECTION" 2 WEEKS POST-OP WITH POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS INJURY. PHYSICIAN DRAINED PUS FROM ABSCESS; ABSCESS CULTURE CAME BACK NEGATIVE, PATIENT HAD STERILE ABSCESS. GID CONVERSATION WITH PHYSICIAN - (B)(6): PATIENT PREVIOUSLY TREATED FOR LUMPECTOMY AT SITE OF ABSCESS, PROCEDURE WAS AUTOLOGOUS FAT TRANSFER REVISION TO RIGHT BREAST FOLLOWING LUMPECTOMY; PATIENT PLACED ON ANTIBIOTICS AFTER PHYSICIAN EXAMINED AND DRAINED ABSCESS; A SWAB OF ABSCESS FLUID SUBMITTED BY PHYSICIAN FOR CULTURE, RESULTS NEGATIVE; PATIENT IS DOING FINE, NOT SERIOUS OR LIFE-THREATENING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
351920 LIFECELL REVOLVE (OEM VERSION OF GID 700) SUCTION LIPOPLASTY SYSTEM - CODE MUU MUU THE GID GROUP INC. REVOLVE 10208

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 65 YR Other