Catalog Number 261221 |
Device Problem
Activation, Positioning or Separation Problem (2906)
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Patient Problem
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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Event Date 02/14/2020 |
Event Type
malfunction
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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 facility reported the safety stop of the perforator did not work and the drill continued to advance towards brain.No patient injury reported.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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The 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.Device identifier : (b)(4).
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Event Description
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N/a.
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Event Description
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N/a.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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The codman disposable perforator was returned for evaluation: device history record (dhr): the dhr was reviewed and no anomalies related to the reported failure was observed.Failure analysis: the perforator unit was inspected using the unaided eye.Unit was observed to have a damaged eo label and to be soiled with organic matter.Functional testing was performed using the same protocol it underwent at finished goods testing prior to release.The unit was found to perform as intended and fulfilled the acceptance criteria.In the failure analysis that was performed, the returned unit was found to work as intended, and met all acceptance criteria.He complaint could not be verified through failure analysis.Root cause: the root cause is undetermined and was unable to be confirmed in the complaint evaluation.A dhr review and trending were performed as part of the evaluation.Proper finished goods testing was performed prior to release as indicated in the dhr.Product was received for analysis and the investigation could not confirm the complaint.The risk remains acceptable per the risk analysis.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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