BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    HARMONIC SYNERGY* CURVED BLADE

    MDR report key: 4093514 · Received September 16, 2014

    Report

    Report Number
    3005075853-2014-06448
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    September 16, 2014
    Date of Event
    August 18, 2014
    Report Date
    August 19, 2014
    Manufacturer
    ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
    Product Code
    LFL
    PMA / PMN Number
    K012176
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    JA
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). SHOULD THE INFORMATION BE PROVIDED LATER, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE SENT. THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED WITH THE DISTAL TIP OF THE BLADE BROKEN OFF AND RETURNED. THE REMAINING BLADE PORTION WAS SCRATCHED. THIS BLADE TIP PORTION MAY HAVE BROKEN OFF OF THE DEVICE DURING TRANSPORT TO OUR ANALYSIS SITE. THE REPORTED COMPLAINT WAS FOR: AN ERROR MESSAGE AND A DAMAGED BLADE (CRACKED). THE DEVICE WAS ACTIVATED WITH THE GENERATOR AND AN ERROR CODE 5 WAS DISPLAYED. IN ADDITION, MINOR BLADE DAMAGE MAY INCREASE IN SEVERITY DURING SUBSEQUENT ACTIVATIONS, AND MAY RESULT IN BLADE "LOCKOUT" LATER IN THE PROCEDURE. WHEN A BLADE IS DAMAGED, IT MAY NOT COMPLETE THE PRE-RUN TESTING, WILL DISPLAY AN ERROR CODE AND WILL KEEP REVERTING BACK TO STANDBY MODE. A PROBABLE CAUSE OF AN ERROR CODE 5 (INSTRUMENT ERROR) IS BLADE DAMAGE. BLADE DAMAGE MAY OCCUR FROM EXTERNAL CONTACT WITH METAL OR PLASTIC DURING PRE-OP OR GENERAL USE. IF THE HARMONIC SYSTEM SENSES AN INSTRUMENT FAULT DURING USE, AN AUDIBLE ALARM (TONE WITH LONG PULSES) WILL SOUND AND A VISUAL ALARM INDICATOR WILL APPEAR ON THE CONTROL PANEL. THE GENERATOR SYSTEM WILL REVERT TO STANDBY MODE, WHEN THE AUDIBLE ALARM (SOLID TONE) AND VISUAL ALARM INDICATOR APPEAR. ONCE MINOR BLADE DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED, SUBSEQUENT ACTIVATIONS MAY INCREASE DAMAGE SEVERITY AND RESULT IN AN ERROR CODE.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A UTERINE PROCEDURE, AN ERROR OCCURRED AT A SETTING AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE DEVICE. THE ERROR CODE WAS UNKNOWN. THE BLADE TIP WAS NOT BROKEN OFF AND NO PIECES FELL INTO THE PATIENT. . 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
    573598 HARMONIC SYNERGY* CURVED BLADE INSTRUMENT, ULTRASONIC SURGICAL LFL ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. NA L4EE80

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 GENERATOR AND HANDPIECE