FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

RULTRACT SKYHOOK SURGICAL RETRACTOR SYSTEMS

MDR report key: 4649850 · Received March 26, 2015

Report

Report Number
1519227-2015-00001
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 26, 2015
Report Date
March 24, 2015
Manufacturer
PEMCO, INC.
Product Code
GAD
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DUE TO AN OVERSIGHT, NO MDR WAS FILED AT THE ORIGINAL TIME WHEN THE DEVICE WAS RECEIVED. THIS DEVICE WAS PART OF A RECALL AND WAS NEVER RETURNED UNTIL AFTER THE RECALL HAD BEEN CLOSED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A REP FROM THE HOSP CONTACTED PEMCO AND STATED THAT BY THE FACILITY'S STANDARDS, A MALFUNCTION HAD OCCURRED. THE RATCHET CAME IN WITH A CUT CABLE. THIS DEVICE SERIAL NUMBER (B)(4) WAS PART OF A RECALL AND WAS NEVER RETURNED TO PEMCO AFTER THE RECALL HAD BEEN CLOSED. PER (B)(4) ' CONVERSATION WITH (B)(4), HE HAD STATED THAT THE CABLE WAS CUT BECAUSE THE RATCHET JAMMED DURING SURGERY AND THE RAKE PLATE COULD NOT BE REMOVED. THE ROOT CAUSE WAS A RECALLED PART THAT HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE COVER PLATE WAS REPLACED AS PART OF THE RECALL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
201820 RULTRACT SKYHOOK SURGICAL RETRACTOR SYSTEMS RATCHET ASSEMBLY WITH SNAP CLIP GAD PEMCO, INC. IR4100-IMR-41 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1