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It was reported by sales representative via complaint submission tool that during an elbow scope and utilizing the mitek 2.7mm mini ultra-aggressive blade plus(2.7mm mini ultra-aggr plus 5pk) for his shaver.During its use, we noticed the blade was not spinning inside of the shaver sheath.Upon removing it from the joint, we disassembled the shaver and found the blade inside to be broken in half.The item was discarded and another opened.There was a surgical delay of 2 minutes.No patient harm occurred and all broken pieces were recovered.The device is available to be returned for evaluation.
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Product complaint # (b)(4).This report is being submitted in pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803.This report may be based on information which has not been able to investigate or verify prior to the required reporting date.This report does not reflect a conclusion by mitek or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the device, mitek, or its employees caused or contributed to the potential event described in this report.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.H10 additional narrative: investigation summary: the complaint device is not being returned, it was discarded by the customer, therefore unavailable for a physical evaluation.With the information provided, and without the complaint device to evaluate, we cannot determine a root cause for the reported failure.A manufacturing record evaluation was performed for the finished device lot number (a1811008), and no non-conformance was identified.At this point in time, no corrective action is required, and no further action is warranted.However, depuy synthes mitek will continue to track any related complaints within this device family as a means of monitoring the extent with which this complaint is observed in the field.Udi: (b)(4).
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