FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MONOCRYL PLUS SUTURE

MDR report key: 3922940 · Received July 9, 2014

Report

Report Number
2210968-2014-08870
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 9, 2014
Report Date
June 20, 2014
Manufacturer
ETHICON INC.
Product Code
GAM
PMA / PMN Number
K050845
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SD, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CONCLUSION: NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE OBTAINED, A SUPPLEMENTAL 3500A FORM WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY. IN ADDITION, A REVIEW OF THE BATCH MANUFACTURING RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED AND THE BATCH MET ALL FINISHED GOODS RELEASE CRITERIA.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY A VETERINARIAN THAT AN ANIMAL UNDERWENT AN UNKNOWN PROCEDURE ON AN UNKNOWN DATE AND SUTURE WAS USED. PRIOR TO USE, THE NEEDLE DETACHED FROM THE SUTURE AS IT WAS PULLED FROM A NEWLY OPENED PACKAGE. NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
400336 MONOCRYL PLUS SUTURE SUTURE, ABSORBABLE, SYNTHETIC GAM ETHICON INC. UNK GMM504

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1