MAUDE Adverse Event Report: WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM; APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL

Model Number	5540230
Medical Device Problem Code	Device Damaged by Another Device (2915)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
Date of Event	01/13/2021
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Neither the device nor films of applicable imaging studies were returned to the manufacturer for evaluation.Therefore, we are unable to determine the definitive cause of the reported event.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
Event or Problem Description
Information was received from healthcare professional via field representative regarding patient with lumbar disc herniation involved in posterior thoracolumbar surgery/ internal fixation with screw rod procedure.It was reported that at intra-op, when to broke the set screw tail, the tool was broken in the set screw.After replacing the set screw with a new one, it was used normally.There was no fragments left in the patient's body.Product was never implanted, replaced with medtronic product.Event was associated with the patient.There were no patient symptoms or complications reported as a result of the event.There was no additional surgery/treatment performed as a result of the event.Patient is alive and no injury.2021-jan-19, received additional information that event occurred during implantation of screw in the patient.Tool/driver was replaced with another one during the procedure.2021-jan-28, received additional information that driver was discarded after surgery.Set screw did not break.Setscrew was unusable.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Device evaluated summary- visual and macroscopic inspection confirmed the threads of the set screw have been damaged.The thread crest and flank damage appears to have initiated at the start of the thread, and is consistent around the damaged portion of the thread.The female torx of the screw has what appears to be the tip of a driver broken off and jammed inside.This type of damage is consistent with overload of the set screw threads during construct assembly.Medtronic is submitting this report to comply with fda reporting regulations under 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.This report is based upon information obtained by medtronic, which the company may not have been able to fully investigate or verify prior to the date the report was required by the fda.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to obtain more complete information and has provided as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee caused or contributed to the event described in the report.In particular, this report does not constitute an admission by anyone that the product described in this report has any ¿defects¿ or has ¿malfunctioned¿.These words are included in the fda 3500a form and are fixed items for selection created by the fda to categorize the type of event solely for the purpose of regulatory reporting.Medtronic objects to the use of these words and others like them because of the lack of definition and the connotations implied by these terms.This statement should be included with any information or report disclosed to the public under the freedom of information act.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.

• Brand Name: CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM
• Common Device Name: APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL
• Manufacturer (Section D): WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS; 2500 silveus crossing; warsaw IN 46582
• MDR Report Key: 11272322
• Report Number: 1030489-2021-00130
• Device Sequence Number: 584531
• Product Code: KWP
• UDI-Device Identifier: 00643169058750
• UDI-Public: 00643169058750
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: CH
• PMA/510(K) Number: K113174
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Serviced by Third Party (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: company representative,foreig
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Other
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date (Section B): 06/24/2021

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: No
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Operator of Device: Health Professional
• Device Model Number: 5540230
• Device Catalogue Number: 5540230
• Device Lot Number: 0753834W
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: Device Returned to Manufacturer
• Date Returned to Manufacturer: 05/07/2021
• Type of Report(Section G): Thirty-Day
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 01/13/2021
• Supplement Date Received by Manufacturer: 06/02/2021
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 02/03/2021
• Supplement Report FDA Received Date: 06/24/2021
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Patient Age: 72 YR