A doctor reported that on (b)(6) 2018 while adjusting the shaft of the mco5d knife microfrance suction rnd, during first time use, there was a fracture in the connection between two parts.A (b)(6) male patient was prepped for an unspecified surgery.There was no patient contact, patient injury/death alleged.There was approximately 0.5 hour (30 minutes) of delay in surgery.Additional information received on 28dec2018 stated that the surgical delay did not cause an impact to the patient.
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Additional information: d10, g4, g7, h2, h3, h6, h10.The device was returned for evaluation.The device was broken at the welding area.The tube with the active part was slightly bent.The cleaning wire was missing.The device history record (dhr) was reviewed and no anomalies that could be associated with the complaint were observed.The reported complaint was confirmed.The breakage was propably due to a bad handling of the device.
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