FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

VDW SILVER RECIPROCATING MOTOR

MDR report key: 9572871 · Received January 9, 2020

Report

Report Number
9611053-2019-00477
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 9, 2020
Report Date
September 17, 2020
Manufacturer
DENTSPLY VDW GMBH
Product Code
EBW
PMA / PMN Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
DENTIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

BATTERY (VOLTAGE BREAKS DOWN UNDER LOAD) DEFECTIVE, THE MICROMOTOR SMR113560, FOOT CONTROL 69065 AND THE SIRONA CONTRA-ANGLE 07776 ARE NOT DEFECTIVE. NOTE: THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CAUSED A DISRUPTION IN NORMAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES, RESULTING IN LATE SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THERE HAS BEEN A PREVIOUS REPORT RECEIVED WHERE STALLING HAS CAUSED FILE SEPARATION. SINCE SEPARATION OF A FILE COULD NECESSITATE MEDICAL/SURGICAL INTERVENTION TO PRECLUDE PERMANENT DAMAGE TO A BODY STRUCTURE OR PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT OF A BODY FUNCTION, THIS MALFUNCTION WOULD BE LIKELY TO CAUSE/CONTRIBUTE TO A SERIOUS INJURY SHOULD IT RECUR. AS SUCH, THIS EVENT MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR REPORTABILITY PER 21 CFR PART 803. PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THIS PRODUCT IS NOT SOLD IN THE US, IT IS CONSIDERED SIMILAR TO PRODUCTS THAT ARE MARKETED IN THE US BY DENTSPLY SIRONA. THE DEVICE IS AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION, THOUGH HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED AS OF THIS REPORT. EVALUATION RESULTS WILL BE SUBMITTED AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN THIS EVENT IT WAS REPORTED THAT A SILVER RECIPROC MOTOR SUDDENLY STOPS DURING USE; NO INJURY RESULTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
36133 VDW SILVER RECIPROCATING MOTOR CONTROLLER, FOOT, HANDPIECE AND CORD EBW DENTSPLY VDW GMBH NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1