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.Investigation summary: background: the mdr department is complaining about the instruments in this set, saying the bolts that hold the driver shafts in the handles can come loose or hold debris under them.Investigation summary: the latarjet ccoid thread (part #: 285255, lot #: 13n01) was received and evaluated at us cq.Upon visual inspection, the distal tip of the device was found to be stripped.Also, the etch was fading and difficult to read.Hence, the reported condition can be confirmed.The possible root cause for the fading etch could be attributed to fair wear and tear from the repeated use and sterilization cycles.During the investigation, no product design or manufacturing issues were observed that may have contributed to the complaint condition.Based on the investigation findings, it has been determined that no corrective and/or preventative action is proposed.However, depuy synthes mitek will continue to track any related complaints within this device family as a means of monitoring the extent to which this complaint is observed in the field a manufacturing record evaluation was performed for the finished device lot number (13n01), and no non-conformances related to the reported complaint condition were identified.
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