FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

11MM, DISPOSABLE TROCAR W/SHIELDED OBTURATOR

MDR report key: 832014 · Received March 27, 2007

Report

Report Number
2027111-2007-00024
Event Type
Death
Date Received
March 27, 2007
Date of Event
March 6, 2007
Report Date
March 27, 2007
Manufacturer
APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES
Product Code
HET
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
PHARMACIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVALUATION: THE UNITS ARE IN ORIGINAL UNOPENED PACKAGE. THE OBTURATORS AND SEAL ASSEMBLIES WERE TESTED AND PASSED TEST CRITERIA. TESTING OF OBTURATOR ASSEMBLY-EACH UNIT WAS TESTED WITH ITS TROCAR AND WAS INSERTED INTO 1 INCH THICK FOAM MCMASTER P/N 8647K291. EACH OBTURATOR ASSEMBLY PENETRATED THROUGH THE FOAM AND THE GUARD IS LOCKED AND CANNOT RE-EXPOSE THE BLADE WITHOUT REARMING THE OBTURATOR. EACH UNIT WAS CYCLED TEN TIMES AND PASSED ALL TEN CYCLES. TESTING OF SEAL ASSEMBLY-EACH SEAL ASSEMBLY WAS TESTED AT 6.5", 9.0" AND 16.0" OF H2O WITH A 10MM SCOPE AND ALL SEAL ASSEMBLIES PASSED AT THE LEAKAGE TEST.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

"DURING A LAPAROSCOPIE CHOLECYSTECTOMIE (OPEN LAPAROSCOPIE) AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF A TROCAR, WITHOUT WRONG MOVEMENT AND UNDER CONTROL OF THE SIGHT (SMALL REBOUND) FOLLOWING THE SMALL REBOUND, THERE WAS SOME BLOOD ON THE EPIPLOON AND A FALL OF THE PNEUMOPERITONEUM."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 11MM, DISPOSABLE TROCAR W/SHIELDED OBTURATOR DISPOSABLE TROCAR HET APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES C0726 1025057

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 YR Death