FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

RGDFIX FEM3.3MM ST BR XPIN KIT

MDR report key: 8265188 · Received January 21, 2019

Report

Report Number
1221934-2018-52652
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 21, 2019
Date of Event
October 4, 2016
Report Date
October 4, 2016
Manufacturer
DEPUY MITEK LLC US
Product Code
MAI
UDI-DI
10886705001309
PMA / PMN Number
K150209
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

DEPUY SYNTHES IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 21 CFR, PART 803. THIS REPORT MAY BE BASED ON INFORMATION WHICH DEPUY SYNTHES HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORTING DATE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT A CONCLUSION BY FDA, DEPUY SYNTHES OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE REPORT CONSTITUTES AN ADMISSION THAT THE DEVICE, DEPUY SYNTHES, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTENTIAL EVENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHOULD BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY. CORRECTION: D10: THE FIELD DEVICE AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION? WAS INADVERTENTLY MISSED IN THE INITIAL REPORT AND HAS BEEN UPDATED ACCORDINGLY. THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED FROM THE ETQ COMPLAINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS REQUIRED UNDER MITEK'S CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS (CAPA) TO FILE USA FDA MDR MISSED MALFUNCTIONS.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHOULD BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY. UDI: (B)(4). THE COMPLAINT DEVICE IS NOT BEING RETURNED, THEREFORE IS UNAVAILABLE FOR A PHYSICAL EVALUATION. A BATCH RECORD REVIEW HAS BEEN CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE ANY INTERNAL PROCESSING ISSUES WHICH WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE NATURE OF THE PRODUCT COMPLAINT. OUR RESULTS INDICATE THAT THIS BATCH OF PRODUCT WAS PROCESSED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THEREFORE THERE IS NO INTERNALLY ASSIGNABLE CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED PROBLEM. FURTHER, A REVIEW INTO THE DEPUY SYNTHES MITEK COMPLAINTS SYSTEM REVEALED XONE OTHER DISSIMILAR COMPLAINT FOR THIS LOT OF 500 DEVICES THAT WERE RELEASED TO DISTRIBUTION. WE CANNOT DISCERN A ROOT CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED FAILURE MODE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NO CORRECTIVE ACTION IS REQUIRED AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS WARRANTED. THIS FILE WILL REMAIN RECEPTIVE TO ANY POTENTIAL FORTHCOMING INFORMATION RECEIVED THAT IS PERTINENT AND GERMANE TO THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, DEPUY SYNTHES MITEK WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ANY RELATED COMPLAINTS WITHIN THIS DEVICE FAMILY AS A MEANS OF MONITORING THE EXTENT WITH WHICH THIS COMPLAINT IS OBSERVED IN THE FIELD. A NON-CONFORMANCE SEARCH WAS PERFORMED FOR THIS PRODUCT CODE 210133, LOT 3813487 COMBINATION AND NO NON-CONFORMANCES WERE IDENTIFIED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE TECHNIQUE OR INSTRUMENTS USED HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO DETERMINE A ROOT CAUSE FOR THIS FAILURE. IF ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS OBTAINED, THIS COMPLAINT WILL BE RE-OPENED TO CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NO CORRECTIVE ACTION IS REQUIRED, AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS WARRANTED. THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED FROM THE ETQ COMPLAINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS REQUIRED UNDER MITEK'S CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS (CAPA) TO FILE USA FDA MDR MISSED MALFUNCTIONS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE SALES REP THAT DURING AN ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT ACL SURGICAL PROCEDURE, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE TROCAR AND SLEEVE ON THEIR RIGID FIX 3MM FEMORAL ST BR CROSS PIN KIT COLD WELDED TOGETHER AND COULD NOT BE USED. THE SALES REP REPORTED THAT THE SURGEON COMPLETED THE PROCEDURE WITH ANOTHER LIKE DEVICE USING THE SAME BONE HOLE WITH NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES OR DELAYS. THE SALES REP STATED THAT NOTHING BROKE OR FELL IN THE PATIENT. THE SALES REP STATED THAT THE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED. THERE WAS PATIENT INVOLVEMENT REPORTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, MEDICAL INTERVENTION OR PROLONGED HOSPITALIZATION. ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION HAS BEEN DISCLOSED. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHOULD BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
57167 RGDFIX FEM3.3MM ST BR XPIN KIT SOFT-TISSUE ANCHOR, BIOABSORBABLE MAI DEPUY MITEK LLC US 3813487 10886705001309

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1