FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ECHELON*FLEX60 ARTICULATING ENDOSCOPIC LINEAR CUTTER, 60 MM

MDR report key: 4123356 · Received September 26, 2014

Report

Report Number
3005075853-2014-06700
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 26, 2014
Date of Event
September 18, 2014
Report Date
September 19, 2014
Manufacturer
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
Product Code
GDW
PMA / PMN Number
K081146
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND. DEVICE MET RELEASE CRITERIA.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING AN OPEN SIGMOIDECTOMY, A CARTRIDGE COULD NOT BE LOADED INTO THE DEVICE AT THE 2ND FIRING. THE CARTRIDGE PAN OF A PREVIOUS CARTRIDGE WAS LEFT IN THE JAW. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
602872 ECHELON*FLEX60 ARTICULATING ENDOSCOPIC LINEAR CUTTER, 60 MM STAPLE, IMPLANTABLE GDW ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. UNK L4EH8C

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1