FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

OSCILLATING SAW BLADE AESCULAP®

MDR report key: 6951267 · Received October 16, 2017

Report

Report Number
0002950261-2017-00017
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 16, 2017
Date of Event
May 18, 2017
Report Date
October 16, 2017
Manufacturer
SYNVASIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Product Code
GFA
PMA / PMN Number
PEXEMPT
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
PHARMACIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPLAINT IS BEING REPORTED BY ZIMMER BIOMET AS (B)(4). REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD FOR (B)(4), LOT NUMBER 64065, IDENTIFIED NO RELEVANT DEVIATIONS OR ANOMALIES. PRODUCT EXAMINATION COULD NOT BE PERFORMED AS THERE WAS NO PRODUCT RETURNED FOR THIS COMPLAINT. THIS COMPLAINT CANNOT BE CONFIRMED. BECAUSE THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT COULD NOT BE SPECIFICALLY DETERMINED WITH THE PROVIDED INFORMATION. THE INVESTIGATION WAS BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED INITIALLY AND ANY INFORMATION THAT WAS OBTAINED THROUGHOUT THE FOLLOW-UP PROCESS. UPON REASSESSMENT OF THE REPORTED EVENT, IT WAS DETERMINED AN MDR SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FILED UNDER THE CURRENT MFR NUMBER, 0001526350-2017-00381 AND IS INSTEAD IS BEING FILED UNDER THIS MFR NUMBER.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SAW BLADE BROKE DURING USE. NO ADVERSE EVENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE MALFUNCTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
731211 OSCILLATING SAW BLADE AESCULAP® BLADE, SAW, GENERAL & PLASTIC SURGERY, SURGICAL GFA SYNVASIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. N/A 64065

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1