FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DETACHABLE POUCH 3X6

MDR report key: 6257528 · Received January 17, 2017

Report

Report Number
3007216334-2016-00166
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 17, 2017
Date of Event
December 21, 2016
Report Date
January 17, 2017
Manufacturer
UNIMAX MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Product Code
GCJ
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Distributor report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2016, "BAG BROKE AND BILE SPILLED INTO THE ABDOMEN, PATIENT HAD TO BE ADMITTED TO THE ICU. FOLLOW UP WITH FACILITY REVEALED THAT THERE WERE TWO (2) SB936 DEVICES UTILIZED ON THIS PATIENT. THE DEVICE BROKE BEFORE THE SPECIMEN WAS PLACED IN THE BAG. A SECOND DEVICE WAS THEN UTILIZED AND BROKE AFTER THE SPECIMEN WAS PLACED IN THE BAG, CAUSING THE ADMISSION TO THE ICU. BOTH DEVICES WERE RECEIVED AT CONMED CORPORATION ON (B)(6) 2017. THE EVALUATION OF DEVICES REVEALED THE DEVICES HAD TWO (2) DIFFERENT LOT NUMBERS, 8251608190 AND 8251605091. IT IS UNKNOWN WHICH LOT BELONGS TO WHICH DEVICE. THERE ARE TWO (2) COMPLAINT RECORDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMPLAINT, THIS (B)(4). ALTHOUGH MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE, TO DATE THERE HAS BEEN NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED REGARDING CLARIFICATION OF DEVICES USED OR THE PATIENT'S CURRENT CONDITION. THE DEVICES AND ALL INFORMATION OBTAINED HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE LEGAL MANUFACTURER, (B)(4) , WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND REGULATORY REPORTING. A SUPPLIER CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUEST HAS BEEN ISSUED, (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
40311 DETACHABLE POUCH 3X6 SPECIMEN BAG GCJ UNIMAX MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization