BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    ENDO GIA ULTRA

    MDR report key: 8297101 · Received February 1, 2019

    Report

    Report Number
    2647580-2019-00625
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    February 1, 2019
    Date of Event
    October 10, 2018
    Report Date
    March 14, 2019
    Manufacturer
    US SURGICAL PUERTO RICO
    Product Code
    GDW
    UDI-DI
    10884523003543
    PMA / PMN Number
    K111825
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    CA
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    EVALUATION SUMMARY: POST MARKET VIGILANCE (PMV) LED AN EVALUATION OF ONE DEVICE. INITIAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE INSTRUMENT NOTED NO ABNORMALITIES. FUN CTIONALLY, THE INSTRUMENT WAS LOADED WITH AN ARTICULATING VASCULAR/MEDIUM RELOAD. DURING TESTING OF THE INSTRUMENTS, A SKIP WAS NOTED IN THE UNITS FIRING STROKE AFTER CLOSURE OF THE RELOAD JAWS. AN ACCESS HOLE WAS CUT INTO THE INSTRUMENT BODY FOR VISUALIZATION OF THE FIRING RACK. THIS EXAMINATION NOTED SHEARED TEETH ON THE FIRING RACK. RECORDS FROM EACH MANUFACTURING LOT ARE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED TO ENSURE THAT PRODUCTS ARE RELEASED MEETING ALL QUALITY RELEASE SPECIFICATIONS AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE. REPLICATION OF THE SHEARED TEETH ON THE FIRING RACK MAY OCCUR IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES: 1. FIRING OVER TISSUE THAT IS BEYOND THE RECOMMENDED THICKNESS RANGE. 2. FIRING WITH AN OBSTACLE INCORPORATED IN THE JAWS. IN EITHER OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO ACTUATE THE FIRING HANDLE AND THE INSTRUMENT RETURN KNOBS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO RETRACT. IN ADDITION, STAPLES MAY NOT FORM PROPERLY, AND TISSUE MAY NOT BE FULLY TRANSECTED. THE INFORMATION BOOKLET WHICH ACCOMPANIES EACH PRODUCT SHIPMENT OFFERS THE FOLLOWING AS A WARNING AND PRECAUTION. "1. PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY MAY RESULT IN CHANGES TO TISSUE. THESE CHANGES MAY, FOR EXAMPLE, CAUSE THE TISSUE THICKNESS TO EXCEED THE INDICATED RANGE THICKNESS FOR THE STAPLE SIZE. CAREFUL CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ANY PRE-SURGICAL TREATMENT THE PATIENT MAY HAVE UNDERGONE AND IN CORRESPONDING SELECTION OF STAPLE SIZE. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE OBSERVED DAMAGE WAS MISUSE OF THE PRODUCT WHICH CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED CONDITION. NO FURTHER ACTIONS HAVE BEEN DEEMED NECESSARY AT THIS TIME. MEDTRONIC, INC. (MEDTRONIC) IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT TO COMPLY WITH 21 C.F.R. PART 803, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTING REGULATION. THIS REPORT IS BASED UPON INFORMATION OBTAINED BY MEDTRONIC, WHICH THE COMPANY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FULLY INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE DATE THE REPORT WAS REQUIRED BY THE FDA. MEDTRONIC HAS MADE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO OBTAIN MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION IN THE TIME ALLOTTED AND HAS PROVIDED AS MUCH INFORMATION AS IS AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY AS OF THE SUBMISSION DATE THIS REPORT. THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION OR A CONCLUSION BY FDA, MEDTRONIC, OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE DEVICE, MEDTRONIC OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT. IN PARTICULAR, THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION BY ANYONE THAT THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT HAS ANY "DEFECTS" OR HAS "MALFUNCTIONED". THESE WORDS ARE INCLUDED IN THE FDA 3500A FORM AND ARE FIXED ITEMS FOR SELECTION CREATED BY THE FDA, TO CATEGORIZE THE TYPE OF EVENT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPORTING PURSUANT TO PART 803. MEDTRONIC OBJECTS TO THE USE OF THESE WORDS AND OTHERS LIKE IT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF DEFINITION AND THE CONNOTATIONS IMPLIED BY THESE TERMS. THIS STATEMENT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH ANY INFORMATION OR REPORT DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. ANY REQUIRED FIELDS THAT ARE UNPOPULATED ARE BLANK BECAUSE THE INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN OR UNAVAILABLE. A GOOD FAITH EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO OBTAIN THE APPLICABLE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE REPORT. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRIC BYPASS, ON THE 3RD FIRING OF THE STAPLER, THE RELOAD WAS UNABLE TO FIRE. THERE WAS A LOUD CLICK SOUND THEN NO FURTHER ACTION. THERE WAS NO PATIENT HARM.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    90897 ENDO GIA ULTRA STAPLE, IMPLANTABLE GDW US SURGICAL PUERTO RICO EGIAUSTND P7E0691X 10884523003543

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1