Catalog Number 960886 |
Device Problem
Break (1069)
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Patient Problems
Foreign Body In Patient (2687); No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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Event Date 10/31/2016 |
Event Type
Injury
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Manufacturer Narrative
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(b)(4).If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.This complaint is still under investigation.Depuy will notify the fda of the results of this investigation once it has been completed.
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Event Description
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A piece of the instrument was left in the patient.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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The device associated with this report was not returned.Requests for additional investigational inputs were made in accordance with (b)(4) appendix a.Radiographs/x-ray films and implant insertion op notes were requested.No additional information was obtained.A complaint database search finds no additional reports against the provided product and lot combination.The investigation could not verify or identify any product contribution to the reported event with the information provided.Based on the inability to determine a root cause, a need for corrective action is not indicated.Depuy considers the investigation closed at this time.Should additional information be received, the information will be reviewed and the investigation will be re-opened as necessary.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Product complaint # (b)(4).Investigation summary: no device associated with this report was received for examination.A product investigation was previous performed under (b)(4).No additional information can be found that would draw an alternative conclusion to the investigations performed on legacy complaints (b)(4).Therefore, no further investigation is necessary.Additional complaint information monitoring for potential safety signals will be conducted through complaint trending as part of the post-market surveillance.If additional information is made available, the investigation will be updated as applicable.Device history lot: the product investigation found no evidence suspecting an error in the manufacturing or material that would be a contributing factor in the reported allegation(s).Where the product and lot code was provided, a manufacturing records evaluation (mre) was not performed.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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