Blank fields on this form indicate the information is unchanged, unknown, or unavailable.Correction: d10, h6 - annex f investigation ¿ evaluation on 23aug2022, cook korea received a complaint from a representative at the (b)(6) hospital.During the preparation of an ultrathane dawson-mueller mac-loc locking loop multipurpose drainage catheter (rpn: ult8.5-38-25-p-5s-cldm-hc, lot: ns14489325), leakage was observed at the cap and hub connection site.This occurred with three devices of the same lot.The device did not make contact with the patient.The other two devices are reported under medwatch reference numbers 1820334-2022-01456 and 1820334-2022-01474.The patient did not experience any adverse effects due to this occurrence.Reviews of the documentation, including the complaint history, device history record, instructions for use (ifu) and quality control procedures of the device, were conducted during the investigation.The complaint device was not returned for evaluation; therefore, no physical examinations could be conducted.However, a document-based investigation evaluation was performed.A review of the device master record (dmr) concluded that sufficient inspection activities are in place to identify this failure prior to distribution.A review of the device history record (dhr) for lot ns14489325 and mac-loc hub subassembly lot sa14399853 found no relevant nonconformances that could have contributed to the reported failure mode.Additionally, a review of the torque driver used during the processing of the reported lot , confirmed no evidence of manufacturing deficiency.Since this customer reported three separate incidents, involving the same lot for leakage at the catheter / hub connection site, an expanded search containing the mac-loc hub subassembly, (lot sa14399853) was discovered to have been applied to 21 additional lots.A review of these lots confirmed that no other complaints have been received for leakage at the hub / catheter connection site.However, 9 of the lots had recorded nonconformances possibly relevant to the reported difficulty.All nonconforming devices were scrapped prior to further processing of the orders.It should be noted that there were two other complaints associated with the final product number from the same facility for the same failure.Cook also reviewed product labeling.The instructions for use (ifu) [ t_multi2_rev1, ultrathane dawson-mueller mac-loc locking loop multipurpose drainage catheter] states the following.How supplied: "upon removal from package, inspect the product to ensure no damage has occurred." evidence gathered upon review of the dmr, dhr and ifu suggests that the device was not manufactured out of specification, and that there are no nonconforming devices in house or out in the field.Based on the information provided, no returned product, and the results of our investigation, it was concluded that a component failure without any design or manufacturing issue contributed to the reported incident.The appropriate personnel have been notified.Per the risk assessment no further action is required.We will continue to monitor for similar complaints.This report is required by the fda under 21 cfr part 803 and is based on unconfirmed information submitted by others.Neither the submission of this report nor any statement contained herein is intended to be an admission that any cook device is defective or malfunctioned, that a death or serious injury occurred, nor that any cook device caused, contributed to, or is likely to cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if a malfunction occurred.
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