Catalog Number 261221 |
Device Problem
Activation, Positioning or Separation Problem (2906)
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Patient Problem
Injury (2348)
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Event Date 06/18/2020 |
Event Type
Injury
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Attempts are being made to obtain additional information.Upon completion of the investigation, a follow-up report will be submitted.
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Event Description
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A physician reported the perforator failed to disengage causing dura matter injury while performing the first and second burr-hole during a craniotomy.The injury was treated with hemostasis and suture and the procedure was completed with a replacement product.The product problem caused a 30 minutes surgical delay with no patient consequences.
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Event Description
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N/a.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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(b)(4).Perforator was not returned for evaluation therefore, an evaluation of the device could not be performed.Lot number information has been provided; therefore, manufacturing records were reviewed and found no anomalies.The cause(s) of the difficulty reported by the customer could not be determined.If additional relevant information becomes available in the future, this complaint will be reopened, and the respective evaluation performed.Trends will be monitored for this and similar issues.At present, we consider this complaint to be closed.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Unique device identifier (udi)- (b)(4).The perforator was returned for evaluation: device history record (dhr)- there is no indication that the production process may have contributed to this complaint.All test results passed procedural specifications.Failure analysis- perforator was visually inspected, organic matter was present.Functional testing, found to perform as intended.Complaint could not be verified.The perforator was found to meet all acceptance criteria / tested within the specifications.The root cause of the reported incident is undetermined, as the reported complaint was unable to be confirmed in the complaint evaluation.The returned perforator tested within specifications.
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