FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

06.5MM ISSYS PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEM

MDR report key: 730919 · Received June 22, 2006

Report

Report Number
3005129649-2006-00001
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 22, 2006
Date of Event
May 22, 2006
Report Date
June 19, 2006
Manufacturer
CUSTOM SPINE, INC.
Product Code
MCV
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SD
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE SURGEON, THERE IS NO CONCLUSION TO THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. IT MAY BE A SUSPECTED IMPLANT MALFUNCTION OR IT COULD BE DUE TO USER ERROR. THE OTHER 7 BLOCKERS 013000 USED IN THE SURGERY HAD NO FAILURES SO THE INSTRUMENTATION APPEARS TO BE WORKING AS INTENDED EXCEPT FOR THE SINGLE DISASSEMBLED BLOCKER. THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED AND THE EXACT SIZES AND LOT NUMBERS WERE NOT NOTED BY THE USER. ONLY X-RAY EVALUATION WAS POSSIBLE. THIS IS THE FIRST OCCURANCE OF THIS TYPE OF EVENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A BLOCKER CAT # 013000 WAS SEPARATED FROM AN ISSYS PEDICLE SCREW CAT # 0165XX (06.5MM, UNKNOWN LENGTH). THIS WAS OBSERVED BY THE SURGEON AT THREE MONTHS FOLLOW-UP. THE PATIENT IS ASYMPTOMATIC WITH INTACT FUSION. THE SURGEON IS NOT INTERVENING AND THERE WERE NO OUTCOMES ATTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 06.5MM ISSYS PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEM PEDICLE SCREW MCV CUSTOM SPINE, INC. * NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 34 YR