FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

1222081-2007-00021

MDR report key: 981405 · Received July 27, 2007

Report

Report Number
1222081-2007-00021
Event Type
Other
Date Received
July 27, 2007
Product Code
HTT
Report Source
Manufacturer report

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THERE ARE CIRCUMFERENTIAL GALLING/SCRATCHES ON THE MID-SECTION OF THE BURR SHAFT. WHEN THE BURR IS INTRODUCED INTO THE OUTER SHEATH, IT MAKES CONTACT WITH INTERIOR OF OUTER SHEATH. THE OUTER SHEATH APPEARS TO BE SLIGHTLY BENT AT THE SAME LOCATION THAT WE SEE THE SCORINGS ON THE INNER BURR SHAFT. THIS SLIGHT BEND IN THE OUTER SHEATH MAY HAVE CAUSED CONTACT BETWEEN THE SHEATH AND THE INNER BURR SHAFT WHEN SHAFT WAS SPINNING AT HIGH SPEED RESULTING IN METAL PARTICLES. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE OUTER SHEATH WAS BENT DURING OR BEFORE USE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HTT

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1