FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

NON ROHS ANSPACH CONSOLE - 200030

MDR report key: 9997257 · Received April 24, 2020

Report

Report Number
3010266064-2020-00973
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 24, 2020
Date of Event
March 29, 2019
Report Date
April 24, 2020
Manufacturer
BLUE BELT TECHNOLOGIES
Product Code
HBE
PMA / PMN Number
K080802
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE DEVICE WAS NOT MADE AVAILABLE TO THE DESIGNATED COMPLAINT UNIT. THUS, VISUAL INSPECTION COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. THERE WAS NO PART/SERIAL/LOT NUMBER PROVIDED FOR DHR REVIEW SO IT COULD NOT BE CONCLUDED IF THE DEVICE MET THE MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS. A COMPLAINT HISTORY REVIEW IDENTIFIED SIMILAR EVENTS. FUNCTIONAL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED BY THE SERVICE TEAM WHEN THE SYSTEM WAS RETURNED TO OKC FOR SERVICE. IT WAS FOUND THAT WHEN THE SYSTEM WAS SERVICED, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF THE E2 ERROR. IT WAS REPORTED ON THE FIELD REPORT THAT THE ONLY WAY OF CLEARING THE ERROR WAS BY REBOOTING THE SYSTEM AND THE DRILL USED WITH THE SYSTEM WAS NOT SWAPPED. THIS IS INDICATIVE OF A FALSE ANSPACH E2 ERROR, WHEN THE E2 ERROR (WHICH TYPICALLY INDICATES A JAM) PRESENTS ITSELF WITHOUT A JAM AND CAN ONLY BE RESOLVED WITH A SYSTEM REBOOT. WE WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM THERE WAS A RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE REPORTED EVENT AND THE DEVICE. THE MALFUNCTION IS LIKELY DUE TO A SUPPLIER/RAW MATERIAL FAULT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DEMO, AN E2 ERROR OCCURRED REQUIRING  SYSTEM REBOOT. IT OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE FOOTPEDAL WAS PRESSED THE FIRST TIME ENTERED CUTTING. THE DRILL COULD SPIN FREELY BY HAND, DRILL WAS DISASSEMBLED AND REASSEMBLED. UNPLUGGED AND PLUGGED THE DRILL BACK IN. NO BACKUP DRILL AVAILABLE. SWITCHED TO MANUAL MODE. SYSTEM REBOOTED AND THE ERROR DID NOT APPEAR. PER INVESTIGATION, THE E2 WAS CAUSED BY THE CONSOLE AND NOT THE DRILL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
458888 NON ROHS ANSPACH CONSOLE - 200030 DRILLS, BURRS, TREPHINES & ACCESSORIES (SIMPLE, POWERED) HBE BLUE BELT TECHNOLOGIES

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1