BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    ULTRACISION HARMONIC ACE

    MDR report key: 4232955 · Received November 6, 2014

    Report

    Report Number
    3005075853-2014-07689
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    November 6, 2014
    Date of Event
    April 23, 2014
    Report Date
    July 4, 2014
    Manufacturer
    ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
    Product Code
    LFL
    PMA / PMN Number
    K042777
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    BR
    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 NOT 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 THE SHEARS WAS NOT BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE GENERATOR. THE DEVICE WAS CONNECTED TO A GENERATOR TO BE TESTED FOR FUNCTIONALITY AND IT WAS RECOGNIZED WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTIES NOTED. DURING FUNCTIONAL TESTING ON GEN11 AN ALERT SCREEN WAS DISPLAYED. A PROBABLE CAUSE OF AN ALERT SCREEN IS BLADE DAMAGE. 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 GASTROPLASTY VL PROCEDURE, THE SHEARS WAS NOT BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE GENERATOR. ANOTHER LIKE DEVICE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PATIENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    715708 ULTRACISION HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT, ULTRASONIC SURGICAL LFL ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. NA K494862

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 GENERATOR AND HANDPIECE