FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

NEOGUARD COVER

MDR report key: 6543763 · Received May 4, 2017

Report

Report Number
1937223-2017-00001
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 4, 2017
Date of Event
December 2, 2016
Report Date
January 2, 2017
Manufacturer
CIVCO MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS CO., INC
Product Code
ITX
PMA / PMN Number
K013721
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MT, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED, HOWEVER PHOTO'S OF THE COVER AND PROBE WERE PROVIDED. FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWN, THE PROBE HAS A METALIC CYLINDRICAL END WHICH WAS WHICH THE USER WAS ABLE TO PUSH THROUGH THE TIP OF THE COVER CUTTING A CIRCULAR HOLE IN THE COVER ITSELF. THIS IS A RE-SUBMISSION OF THE REPORT CONDUCTED ON 1/2/2017. ORIGINAL SUBMISSION HAD INCORRECT FACILITY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND WAS REJECTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT WAS UNDERGOING A MASTECTOMY / BIOPSY SENTILE NODE OF THE LEFT BREAST. WHEN THE PROBE WAS PLACED ON THE STERILE BACK TABLE, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TIP OF THE PROBE (NODE SEEKER) HAD PENETRATED THROUGH THE TRANSDUCER COVER. A SMALL ROUND PIECE OF THE TRANSDUCER COVER WAS LATER RECOVERED ON THE STERILE MAYOSTAND. THE STERILE FIELD WAS TAKEN DOWN, THA PATIENT WAS RE-PREPPED AND SURGERY WAS CONTINUED WITH A NEW DRAPING AND INSTRUMENTS. SURGICAL SITE WAS 2X IRRIGATED WITH NS BEFORE CLOSURE. NO PATIENT INJURES OR PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
325187 NEOGUARD COVER ULTRASOUND COVER ITX CIVCO MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS CO., INC 610-844 M745600

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1