BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    ROTATING MULTIPLE CLIP APPLIER

    MDR report key: 3955126 · Received July 24, 2014

    Report

    Report Number
    3005075853-2014-05189
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    July 24, 2014
    Date of Event
    July 11, 2014
    Report Date
    July 14, 2014
    Manufacturer
    ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
    Product Code
    FZP
    PMA / PMN Number
    K864102
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    JA
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE ANALYSIS RESULTS OF THE ER320 DEVICE FOUND THAT IT WAS RECEIVED WITH A CLIP WITHIN THE JAWS; THE CLIP WAS REMOVED IN ORDER TO MEASURE JAWS WIDTH AND THEY WERE FOUND TO BE YIELDED AND MISALIGNED. IN AN ATTEMPT TO REPLICATE THE REPORTED INCIDENT, THE DEVICE WAS TESTED FOR FUNCTIONALITY. UPON FIRING OF THE DEVICE, THE CLIPS WERE FED AS INTENDED; HOWEVER, DUE TO THE MISALIGNED CONDITION OF THE JAWS, FIVE SCISSORED CLIPS WERE FORMED. POSSIBLE CAUSES FOR THE CONDITION FOUND MAY BE IF THE DEVICE IS CLOSED OVER AN EXISTING HARD OBJECT OR CLIP PLACING STRESS ON THE JAWS CAUSING THEM TO DISTORT OR YIELD AND NOT RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS/POSITION OR EXCESSIVE APPLICATION OF TORQUE TO THE JAWS WHEN POSITIONING THE DEVICE ON A VESSEL. THE BATCH RECORD WAS REVIEWED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO RETRIEVE THE DEVICE. TO DATE THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED. IF THE DEVICE OR FURTHER DETAILS ARE RECEIVED AT A LATER DATE 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 THAT DURING A LAP CHOLECYSTECTOMY, SCISSORING OCCURRED AFTER THE 1ST FIRING IN THE 1ST DEVICE. THE CLIP WAS FED INTO THE JAWS SIDEWAYS FROM THE 1ST FIRING IN THE 2ND DEVICE. THERE WAS NEITHER UNEXPECTED RESISTANCE NOR NOISE IN THE BOTH DEVICES. THERE WAS NO TORQUING OR TWISTING OF THE DEVICE PRESENT. THE DEVICES DID NOT CLAMP SOMETHING HARD SUCH AS AN EXISTING CLIP. ANOTHER DEVICE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE CASE. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES TO THE PATIENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    434117 ROTATING MULTIPLE CLIP APPLIER CLIP, IMPLANTABLE FZP ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. NA L4EC12

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1