BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    HARMONIC ACE ATT

    MDR report key: 3973718 · Received August 1, 2014

    Report

    Report Number
    3005075853-2014-05427
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    August 1, 2014
    Date of Event
    July 14, 2014
    Report Date
    July 24, 2014
    Manufacturer
    ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
    Product Code
    LFL
    PMA / PMN Number
    K120729
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    IL, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). INFORMATION ANTICIPATED, BUT UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. WHEN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED AND/OR THE DEVICE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE SENT.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED WITH THE DISTAL TIP OF THE BLADE BROKEN OFF AND NOT RETURNED. THE REMAINING BLADE PORTION WAS SCRATCHED, EVIDENCE OF CONTACT WITH METAL IN OR OUT OF THE OPERATIVE FIELD. THE DEVICE WAS FUNCTIONALLY TESTED WITH A GENERATOR. DURING FUNCTIONAL TESTING ON GEN11 AN ALERT SCREEN WAS DISPLAYED. A PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE DEVICE STOP ACTIVATING AND DISPLAY AN ALERT SCREEN IS BLADE DAMAGE. THE DEVICE WAS DISASSEMBLED TO INSPECT THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND. PROBABLE CAUSES OF BLADE DAMAGE, INCLUDING BREAKAGE, ARE EXTERNAL CONTACT DURING PRE-OP OR GENERAL USE, BLADE CONTACT WITH OTHER DEVICES, STAPLES OR CLIPS DURING THE PROCEDURE OR USING ANY MEANS OTHER THAN THE BLADE WRENCH TO ATTACH OR DETACH THE BLADE. ONCE MINOR BLADE DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED, SUBSEQUENT ACTIVATIONS MAY INCREASE DAMAGE SEVERITY AND RESULT IN ALERT SCREENS, SUCH AS ¿TIGHTEN ASSEMBLY¿, ¿BLADE ERROR DETECTED¿ OR "RELAXED PRESSURE ON BLADE" FOLLOWED BY A ¿REPLACE INSTRUMENT¿ SCREEN LATER IN THE PROCEDURE.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE DOCTOR EXPLAINED THAT ABOUT HALF TO THREE-FOURTHS THROUGH THE PROCEDURE THE BLADE ON THE DEVICE BROKE AND FELL OFF INTO THE PATIENT. SHE EXPLAINED THAT SHE WAS NOT PUTTING ANY "EXCESSIVE" PRESSURE ON THE BLADE AND DID NOT COME INTO CONTACT WITH ANY METAL OR PLASTIC WITH THE ACTIVE BLADE OF THE DEVICE. THE SURGEON EXPLAINED THAT SHE HEARD NO UNUSUAL NOISES FROM THE INSTRUMENT AND RECEIVED NO ERROR CODES FROM THE GENERATOR. CASE COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER DEVICE OF THE SAME PRODUCT CODE. ONE DEVICE WILL BE RETURNED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    449883 HARMONIC ACE ATT INSTRUMENT, ULTRASONIC SURGICAL LFL ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. NA UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 GENERATOR AND HANDPIECE