Per (b)(4) initial report: additional information, including return of the device, if the device broke, if the component of the device fell by accident due to incorrect handling, if the surgeon did anything unusual during the procedure and the location of the ring part inside the patient has been requested in order to progress with the investigation of this event; and if received, will be provided in a supplemental report upon completion of the investigation.The appropriate device details have been provided and the relevant device manufacturing record will be identified and reviewed.Please note: this report is filed with the fda due to an adverse event experienced with a device that is similar to those placed on the market in the usa, however, this event occurred outside of the usa.
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It was reported that the metal circlip of a trinity liner trial came off and remained in the patient.There has not been any adverse health impact reported as a result of this event.The appropriate device details were provided and the relevant device manufacturing records have been identified and reviewed.It was found that all parts associated with these records conformed to material and dimensional specification at the time of manufacture.Corin has not received any other reports relating to parts from this batch and this is the 1st report whereby this part of the instrument has come off and been left in the patient.The reported device was returned and the failure mode was confirmed.X-rays provided show that the circlip was located in the surrounding tissue away from the joint space.The root cause of this event cannot be determined, however, based on the size of the circlip and it subsequently being missing from the liner trial, this failure should have been detected during surgery, prior to closing up the patient.There is no indication at this time that the failure could be related to the batch or to the device design and therefore, this case is now considered closed.Please note: this report is filed with the fda due to an adverse event experienced with a device that is similar to those placed on the market in the usa, however, this event occurred outside of the usa.The submission of this report does not constitute an admission that the device, reporting entity, entity's representative or distributor caused or contributed to this event.
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