FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TX1 TISSUE REMOVAL SYSTEM - MICROTIP

MDR report key: 3727617 · Received January 23, 2014

Report

Report Number
2085033-2014-00304
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 23, 2014
Date of Event
May 6, 2013
Report Date
January 18, 2014
Manufacturer
AOI, INC.
Product Code
LFL
PMA / PMN Number
K123640
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

UNIT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE FIELD FOR EVALUATION. REFER TO EVALUATION # (B)(4) - CUSTOMER STATED THE HANDPIECE HAS STOPPED CUTTING POWER. MICROTIP RECEIVED WITH NO CABLE OR CASSETTE. FOUND A CRACKED PIEZO CRYSTAL UPON INTERNAL INSPECTION. POOR SWEEP (FREQUENCY, PHASE, BANDWIDTH) DUE TO CRACKED CRYSTAL. COULD NOT VERIFY CAUSE OF CRACK. THE DHR FOR LOT 02413-04 WAS REVIEWED. THE UNITS MET MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS WHEN RELEASED AND THERE WERE NO ISSUES RELATED TO THE COMPLAINT. THERE WERE (B)(4) UNITS RELEASED FROM LOT 02413-04. A REVIEW OF LOT HISTORY AT THIS TIME SHOWED THAT THIS COMPLAINT WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITHIN THIS LOT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

STOPPED CUTTING DURING PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
54464 TX1 TISSUE REMOVAL SYSTEM - MICROTIP ULTRASONIC SURGICAL ASPIRATOR LFL AOI, INC. 02413-04

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1