FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CHISEL HANDLE

MDR report key: 7966695 · Received October 15, 2018

Report

Report Number
8030965-2018-57339
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 15, 2018
Report Date
October 1, 2018
Manufacturer
OBERDORF SYNTHES PRODUKTIONS GMBH
Product Code
EML
UDI-DI
07611819027909
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NO
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

IF THE INFORMATION IS UNKNOWN, NOT AVAILABLE OR DOES NOT APPLY, THE SECTION/FIELD OF THE FORM IS LEFT BLANK. DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW WAS COMPLETED FOR PART: 399.540, LOT: 2072309. MANUFACTURING LOCATION: (B)(4), RELEASE TO WAREHOUSE DATE: OCT 01,2003. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD SHOWS THIS LOT WAS PROCESSED THROUGH THE NORMAL MANUFACTURING AND INSPECTION OPERATIONS WITH NO REWORK OR NONCONFORMITIES NOTED. THIS LOT MET ALL DIMENSIONAL AND VISUAL CRITERIA AT THE TIME OF RELEASE WITH NO ISSUES DOCUMENTED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS SHOWED THAT THERE WERE NO ISSUES DURING THE MANUFACTURE OF THE PRODUCT THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COMPLAINT CONDITION. PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED. BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT NO CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE ACTION IS PROPOSED. THIS COMPLAINT WILL BE ACCOUNTED FOR AND MONITORED VIA POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE UPDATED AS APPLICABLE. 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

COMPLAINANT PART IS EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED FOR MANUFACTURER REVIEW/INVESTIGATION, BUT HAS YET TO BE RECEIVED. REPORTER IS SYNTHES SALES CONSULTANT. 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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE REPORT FROM SYNTHES REPORTS AN EVENT IN (B)(6) AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE HANDLE OF THE CHISEL BROKE INTO THREE PIECES WHEN HIT BY A HAMMER DURING AN UNKNOWN SURGERY ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS A SURGICAL DELAY. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE. CONCOMITANT DEVICE: HAMMER/MALLET (PART/LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 1). THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) CHISEL HANDLE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
807022 CHISEL HANDLE CHISEL, BONE, SURGICAL EML OBERDORF SYNTHES PRODUKTIONS GMBH 2072309 07611819027909

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1