FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SLEEVE F/SEGM-TRANSP F/MEF

MDR report key: 8104159 · Received November 26, 2018

Report

Report Number
8030965-2018-58476
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 26, 2018
Report Date
November 7, 2018
Manufacturer
OBERDORF SYNTHES PRODUKTIONS GMBH
Product Code
FZX
UDI-DI
07611819088863
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW WAS COMPLETED FOR PART: 392.926, LOT: L790741. MANUFACTURING LOCATION: (B)(4), RELEASE TO WAREHOUSE DATE: MAY 07, 2018. 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, VISUAL AND FUNCTIONAL 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 INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED. SEVERAL PARTS OF A MEFISTO® EXTERNAL FIXATION SYSTEM WERE RETURNED FOR INVESTIGATION AS THE PARTS WERE FOUND TO BE JAMMING. INSTRUMENTS WERE CHECKED FOR CONFORMANCE TO THE SPECIFICATIONS. THE SHIPPED BACK INSTRUMENT 392.926 IS IN A GOOD CONDITION. NO DAMAGE OR SIGNIFICANT MARKS ON SURFACE. DURING MANUFACTURING INVESTIGATION, ALL RELEVANT AND SIGNIFICANT CHARACTERISTICS WERE CHECKED, AND THE ARTICLE PASSED THE FUNCTIONAL TEST. THE MECHANISM OF THE PART 392.926 WITH LOT NUMBER L790741, WORKS WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. NO MANUFACTURING RELATED ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED AND/OR CONFIRMED. THE INVESTIGATION CONFIRMED, THAT THE COMPLAINT CONDITION ¿ INABILITY TO ASSEMBLE - IS RELATED TO PART 392.941. BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION FINDINGS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT NO CORRECTIVE AND/OR PREVENTATIVE ACTION IS PROPOSED FOR PART 392.926. 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

REPORTER IS SYNTHES SALES CONSULTANT. (510K): DEVICE IS NOT DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT IS SIMILAR TO DEVICE MARKETED IN THE USA. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE DEVICE HAS BEEN RECEIVED, THE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS, NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN AT THE TIME OF FILING THIS REPORT. 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 ON UNKNOWN DATE, DURING INCOMING GOODS INSPECTION, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT ONE (1) SPLINED SHAFT, ONE (1) SLEEVE FOR SEGMENT TRANSPORT, ONE (1) STANDARD CLAMP, ONE (1) BASE PLATE FOR T-ASSEMBLY, ONE (1) ANGLED PIECE FOR T-ASSEMBLY AND TWO (2) SLEEVES DID NOT FIT PROPERLY. FUNCTIONAL ISSUE WAS IN ASSEMBLED STATE. PARTS WERE NOT MOVEABLE AND WERE JAMMING. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) SLEEVE FOR SEGMENT TRANSPORT. THIS IS REPORT 2 OF 7 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
944082 SLEEVE F/SEGM-TRANSP F/MEF GUIDE FZX OBERDORF SYNTHES PRODUKTIONS GMBH L790741 07611819088863

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1