FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MAESTRO MEDIUM FIXED DURAGUARD

MDR report key: 4143313 · Received October 6, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001811755-2014-03486
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 6, 2014
Date of Event
September 8, 2014
Report Date
September 8, 2014
Manufacturer
STRYKER INSTRUMENTS-KALAMAZOO
Product Code
ERL
PMA / PMN Number
K112593
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE REPORTED EVENT OF OVERHEATING WAS NOT DUPLICATED; HOWEVER RELATED COMPONENT FAILURES WERE FOUND. THE REPORTED EVENT OF THE FOOT BEING BENT WAS DUPLICATED AND CONFIRMED. VISUAL INSPECTION DURING DISASSEMBLY FOUND LACK OF LUBRICATION. LACK OF LUBRICATION CAN CAUSE HEAT BASED ON THE RISK DOCUMENTS. LACK OF LUBRICATION CAN BE DUE TO USE OF THE DEVICE OVER TIME; HOWEVER, CLEANING PRACTICES CAN CONTRIBUTE. LACK OF LUBRICATION CAUSES THE BEARINGS TO GRADUALLY LOSE THEIR ROTATIONAL PROPERTIES THROUGH DEGRADATION, WHICH CAN CAUSE FRICTIONAL HEAT. BASED ON THE RISK DOCUMENTATION A BENT DURAGUARD CAN OCCUR WHEN EXCESSIVE SIDE LOAD IS APPLIED TO THE FEATURE. DEVICE WAS PLACED IN PARTS RETENTION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CONDUCTED BY A MANUFACTURER FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN AT THE USER FACILITY THAT THE GUIDE OF THE DURAGUARD WAS BENT ALLOWING FOR A CONDITION WHERE THE BUR/CUTTING ACCESSORY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE THE BLOOD VESSEL OR MEMBRANE AND IT IS ALSO GETTING WARM. THERE WAS NO ASSOCIATED PROCEDURE. NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT, NO DELAY, NO MEDICAL INTERVENTION AND NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES WERE REPORTED WITH THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
623289 MAESTRO MEDIUM FIXED DURAGUARD DRILL, SURGICAL, ENT (ELECTRIC OR PNEUMATIC) INCLUDING HANDPIECE ERL STRYKER INSTRUMENTS-KALAMAZOO 13136

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1