FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

1.5MM THREADED DRILL GUIDE WITH DEPTH GAUGE

MDR report key: 6710035 · Received July 13, 2017

Report

Report Number
3003875359-2017-10337
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 13, 2017
Date of Event
July 10, 2017
Report Date
July 10, 2017
Manufacturer
SYNTHES HAGENDORF
Product Code
FZX
UDI-DI
10886982190604
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE IS AN INSTRUMENT AND IS NOT IMPLANTED/EXPLANTED. COMPLAINANT PART IS EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED FOR MANUFACTURER REVIEW/INVESTIGATION, BUT HAS YET TO BE RECEIVED. (B)(6). A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED; NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN, AS NO PRODUCT WAS RECEIVED. DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) REVIEW WAS PERFORMED FOR PART # 323.034, LOT #L211199: MANUFACTURING LOCATION: (B)(4), MANUFACTURING DATE: 01.DEC.2016: NO NON CONFORMANCE REPORTS (NCRS) WERE GENERATED DURING PRODUCTION. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD(S) SHOWED THAT THERE WERE NO ISSUES DURING THE MANUFACTURE OF THE PRODUCT THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COMPLAINT CONDITION. DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE REPORT FROM SYNTHES (B)(4) REPORTED THAT THE SURGEON WAS NOT ABLE TO THREAD TWO DRILL GUIDES INTO THE LOCKING HOLE OF THE PLATE DURING AN OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION (ORIF) OF THE FOOT ON (B)(6) 2017. THE GUIDES WERE THEN TRIED IN OTHER PLATES FROM THE SAME MODULE AND THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. IT WAS NOTED THE ISSUES OCCURRED BEFORE USE ON THE PATIENT. THERE WAS A FIVE (5) MINUTE SURGICAL DELAY. THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED WITH A SIMILAR DEVICE. CONCOMITANT DEVICES REPORTED: PLATES (PART NUMBER UNKNOWN, LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN, QUANTITY UNKNOWN). THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 2 FOR (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
491059 1.5MM THREADED DRILL GUIDE WITH DEPTH GAUGE GUIDE FZX SYNTHES HAGENDORF L211199 10886982190604

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF UNKNOWN PLATES