FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

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MDR report key: 4909929 · Received December 2, 2014

Report

Report Number
4909929
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 2, 2014
Date of Event
November 26, 2014
Report Date
December 2, 2014
Manufacturer
LIFE INSTRUMENT CORP.
Product Code
HTX
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
RI, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING A L5 S1 LAMINECTOMY DISCECTOMY, A PITUITARY WAS HANDED TO DR. HE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE INSTRUMENT WHILE ADVANCING INTO THE BACK, AND FOUND THAT IT WOULD NOT OPEN, HE THEN HANDED IT OFF AS BROKEN. THE INSTRUMENT WAS LOOKED AT, AND IT APPEARED BROKEN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
779301 * RONGEUR HTX LIFE INSTRUMENT CORP. 832-0715-0 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 46 YR