FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

1.8 MM Q-FIX ALL SUTURE ANCHOR

MDR report key: 4426408 · Received January 15, 2015

Report

Report Number
3006524618-2015-00004
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 15, 2015
Date of Event
December 26, 2014
Report Date
December 26, 2014
Manufacturer
ARTHROCARE CORPORATION
Product Code
MBI
PMA / PMN Number
K133727
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A SHOULDER PROCEDURE USING A 1.8MM Q-FIX ALL SUTURE ANCHOR, THE INITIAL ANCHOR PREMATURELY DEPLOYED AND HAD TO BE REMOVED. A SECOND 1.8MM Q-FIX ALL SUTURE ANCHOR WAS INSERTED, HOWEVER, FAILED TO DEPLOY, GETTING STUCK IN THE INSERTION SHAFT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
35463 1.8 MM Q-FIX ALL SUTURE ANCHOR ORTHOPEDIC INTERNAL FIXATION SYSTEMS MBI ARTHROCARE CORPORATION 1082817

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other