Patient Problem
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
Event Date 12/12/2013
Event Type
malfunction
Event Description
It was reported that during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy when they were getting ready for the cholangiogram, it was noticed that there was a black piece of rubber on the liver.The piece was fished out.It was not known from which of 3 devices the piece came.They were far enough in the procedure that the devices were not exchanged.There was no patient injury.
Manufacturer Narrative
The device was either model and lot number appctr03 (lot #1680587) or appcts02 (lot #1689329) with an expiration date of 08/01/2014 or 10/01/2014, respectively.The device was not returned to the mfr as of the date of this report and was reported to be discarded by the user facility.