FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HARMONIC FOCUS* CURVED SHEARS, TORQUE WRENCH AND GRIP ASSIST

MDR report key: 3841340 · Received May 30, 2014

Report

Report Number
3005075853-2014-03680
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 30, 2014
Date of Event
May 19, 2014
Report Date
May 20, 2014
Manufacturer
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
Product Code
LFL
PMA / PMN Number
K063192
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). WHEN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED AND/OR THE DEVICE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE SENT. AT THE TIME OF THIS SUBMISSION, THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE AFFILIATE THAT PRIOR TO AN UNKNOWN PROCEDURE, THE HOSPITAL STAFF REPORTED THAT THEY OPENED THE DEVICES AND THAT ON ALL OF THEM THE INNER PACKAGING WAS OPEN ALREADY. PRODUCT COMES IN AN OUTER CARDBOARD BOX AND WITH AN INNER PLASTIC CONTAINER. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE OUTER CARDBOARD BOX HAD NOT BEEN OPENED. ISSUE WAS NOTED BEFORE DEVICES HAD COME INTO CONTACT WITH STERILE FIELD. STOCK WAS ORDERED IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PATIENT REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
319429 HARMONIC FOCUS* CURVED SHEARS, TORQUE WRENCH AND GRIP ASSIST INSTRUMENT, ULTRASONIC SURGICAL LFL ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. K4D34L

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 GENERATOR, HANDPIECE