FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

KARL STORZ MORCELLATOR

MDR report key: 4156036 · Received October 1, 2014

Report

Report Number
9610617-2014-00046
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 1, 2014
Date of Event
February 21, 2011
Report Date
September 15, 2014
Manufacturer
KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
Product Code
GCJ
PMA / PMN Number
K061180
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
DC, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THERE WAS NO INDICATION IN THE SUMMONS WHICH MANUFACTURES' MORCELLATOR WAS USED, OR ANY MALFUNCTION OF THE DEVICE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ALLEGEDLY, PER A SUMMONS, RECEIVED BY KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY-AMERICA, INC., THE PLAINTIFF'S DECEASED SISTER UNDERWENT A ROBOT-ASSISTED PROCEDURE AT (B)(6) WHERE A MORCELLATOR WAS USED. THE PROCEDURE CAUSED DISSEMINATION OF CANCER, SHE SUFFERED AND DIED FROM, WHICH WAS DIAGNOSED FIVE MONTHS LATER AT THE TIME OF HER SECOND LAPAROTOMY IN (B)(6) 2011. BOTH (B)(4) AND KARL STORZ WERE NAMED IN THE LAWSUIT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
610114 KARL STORZ MORCELLATOR MORCELLATOR GCJ KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG 26713030

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death