The product was returned for investigation and the reported failure mode was confirmed.The reported failure mode will be monitored for future reoccurrence.Alleged failure: after end of surgery, when the nurse inspected device and found the metallic layer fall off from tc needle holder tip.The nurse reported this issue to surgeon immediately.At that time, the surgery has finished , the abdominal cavity has closed.After confirmed through x-ray, the metallic layer was found in patient¿s abdominal cavity.The patient performed the second surgery to take out metallic layer.Because of nurse discover this issue in time, the big medical accident wasn¿t happen.The failure(s) identified in the investigation is consistent with the complaint record.The probable root cause/s could be excessive contact with another surgical device and/or excessive reprocessing.Mfg date: manufacture date is not known.
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