FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

WECK HEM-O-LOK

MDR report key: 3588765 · Received December 24, 2013

Report

Report Number
3588765
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 24, 2013
Date of Event
August 15, 2013
Report Date
December 24, 2013
Manufacturer
TELEFEX MEDICAL
Product Code
HBQ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ENDOWRIST CLIP APPLIERS WITH WECK HEM-O-LOK CLIPS WAS BEING USED WHEN THE CLIPS WOULD CLOSE BUT NOT LOCK. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE WITH DIFFERENT CLIPS FROM DIFFERENT PACKS. A TOTAL OF 5 PACKS AND DIFFERENT APPLIERS WERE USED TO RULE OUT CALIBRATION ISSUES. NO BLOOD LOSS WAS NOTED AND NO INCISION WAS MADE UNTIL THE CLIPS WORKED APPROPRIATELY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
674403 WECK HEM-O-LOK LIGATING CLIP HBQ TELEFEX MEDICAL * 01B1300444
674404 ENDOWRIST SYSTEM, SURGICAL, COMPUTER CONTROLLED INSTRUMENT NAY TELEFEX MEDICAL * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR DURING ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL| PROSTATECTOMY