FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ROTO-LOK ATRA ALLIS FCP 3.5X24

MDR report key: 6125575 · Received November 23, 2016

Report

Report Number
2523190-2016-00196
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 23, 2016
Date of Event
November 2, 2016
Report Date
November 3, 2016
Manufacturer
INTEGRA YORK, PA INC.
Product Code
GCJ
PMA / PMN Number
K941541
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INTEGRA HAS COMPLETED THEIR INTERNAL INVESTIGATION ON 11/22/2016 . THE INVESTIGATION INCLUDED: METHODS: EVALUATION OF ACTUAL DEVICE. REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS. RESULTS: DHR REVIEW. NONCONFORMING PRODUCT REPORT / NONCONFORMING MATERIAL REPORT HISTORY: NONE. VARIANCE AUTHORIZATION / DEVIATION HISTORY: NONE. ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDER/MANUFACTURING CHANGE ORDER HISTORY: THERE IS NO APPLICABLE. ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDER/MANUFACTURING CHANGE ORDER HISTORY: CORRECTIVE ACTION PREVENTIVE ACTION HISTORY/CORRECTIONS: NONE. HEALTH HAZARD EVALUATION HISTORY: NONE. CONCLUSION: THERE WAS FORCEPS, MANUFACTURED IN DECEMBER 2014, RETURNED USED/PROCESSED FORCEPS SHOWING WEAR, AND BROKEN AT TIP. THE COMPLAINT REPORT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED; THE ROOT CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A WORKMANSHIP OR MATERIAL DEFICIENCY. .

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER INITIALLY REPORTS THAT DURING THE COURSE OF A ROBOTIC LAPAROSCOPIC NISSAN RETRACTION WAS NEEDED. AN ATRAU-ALLIS GRASPING FORCEPS WAS INSERTED AND CLAMPED TO PROVIDE THE RETRACTION NEEDED. AT THIS POINT THE INSTRUMENT SEEMED TO BE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. AS THE PROCEDURE PROGRESSED AND THE RETRACTION NEEDS CHANGED THE INSTRUMENT WAS REPOSITIONED AND AT THIS TIME WAS NOTED BY THE SURGEON THAT THE INSTRUMENT HAD BROKEN. UNDER DIRECT LAPAROSCOPIC VISION IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT HAD A PORTION OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE GRASPING LINKAGE THAT HAD BROKEN. SOME MANIPULATION WAS DONE TO THE INSTRUMENT TO REMOVE IT FROM THE TROCAR AND IT WAS INSPECTED ONCE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY. AFTER THE CASE HAD FINISHED THE PATIENT WAS X-RAYED AND RADIOLOGY NOTED A 2 MM RADIODENSITY WITHIN THE ABDOMEN THAT MAY REPRESENT A RETAINED FOREIGN BODY. THIS WAS RELAYED TO THE SURGEON WHO INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO LOCATE THE REMNANT GIVEN ITS SIZE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
775896 ROTO-LOK ATRA ALLIS FCP 3.5X24 3.5MM ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENTATION GCJ INTEGRA YORK, PA INC. UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other