FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

UNIDRIVE GYN MORCELLATOR MOTOR SYSTEM

MDR report key: 5601706 · Received April 22, 2016

Report

Report Number
9610617-2016-00044
Event Type
Death
Date Received
April 22, 2016
Date of Event
June 21, 2010
Report Date
April 14, 2016
Manufacturer
KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG TUTTLINGEN, GERMANY
Product Code
GCJ
PMA / PMN Number
K061180
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
DC, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY MALFUNCTION OF THE DEVICE. NOT RETURNED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ALLEGEDLY, ON (B)(6) 2010 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY FOR AN ENLARGING FIBROID TUMOR IN WHICH A MORCELLATOR WAS USED AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE LEIOMYOSARCOMA AFTER THE SURGERY BASED ON THE PATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MORCELLATED TISSUES. ON (B)(6) 2012 HER CANCER HAD SPREAD, MANIFESTING IN A PELVIC MASS AS WELL AS A PELVIC NODULE. SHE DIED ON (B)(6) 2015 FROM METASTATIC UTERINE LEIOMYOSARCOMA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
257192 UNIDRIVE GYN MORCELLATOR MOTOR SYSTEM MORCELLATOR GCJ KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG TUTTLINGEN, GERMANY 26711101-1

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death