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Notes to form 3500a and justification for information not provided as required per 21cfr803.52 is below.Trilliant surgical attempted to obtain the omitted information (items 1-9 below) as part of internal complaint handling activities.Patient date of birth not reported.Date of event is unknown.The event is considered to be when the patient began to experience pain.Catalog # and serial # not utilized by trilliant surgical.Expiration date (not applicable (n/a) to non-sterile trilliant surgical products.Initial reporter fax not reported.Device bla number is n/a to this report.Na was not entered within the field for bla number as this caused technical errors to occur in previous mdr submissions.Section if follow-up, what type? n/a to this report.Section correction/removal rpt number: (recall numbers:) n/a to this report.No files attached to this report.Investigation (including evaluation summary) evaluation of similar complaints.The complaints log was reviewed to identify any similar events related to an mib removal between august 2020 and august 2021.Eleven (11) similar complaints were identified.Of these 11 identified complaints, the root causes were as follows: failure to follow ifu, patient anatomy, patient noncompliance, unknown (6) and tbd (2).None of these related events were confirmed to contain parts from the same lot number(s) as the reported event.Device history record (dhr) review: the dhr for lot tsl009501 was reviewed to identify if any significant events occurred corresponding to the hardware involved in the event.Within lot tsl009501, no reworks (rwks), nonconformances (ncrs), or deviations (dev) occurred.The dhrs for the associated parts that were removed were also reviewed to identify if any significant events occurred corresponding to the hardware involved in the event.(2) 2.4 x 16mm gridlock locking screw (302-24-016) - lot tsl005225 [manufactured 11/06/2017, udi (01)00812926023144(10)tsl005225] - no associated rwks, ncrs, or devs.2.4 x 16mm gridlock screw (301-24-016) - lot tsl007901 [manufactured 09/13/2019, udi (01)00812926022666(10)tsl007901] - no associated rwks, ncrs, or devs.2.4 x 24mm tiger headless screw (202-24-024) - lot tsl004540 [manufactured 04/18/2017, udi (01)00812926021645(10)tsl004540] - no associated rwks, ncrs, or devs.In conclusion, there were no identified issues related to the complaint event.Review of surgical technique.Minimally invasive bunion plating system instructions for use, ifu 900-01-016 revision d, corresponds to the event.Limited information was provided for the surgical technique / conformance to the ifu so it is unknown if the doctor/ user followed the ifu.Visual and dimensional inspection: the parts were not returned, so no visual or dimensional inspection could be conducted.Simulated use testing: simulated use testing was not conducted for either returned device(s) nor with similar parts.With limited information available and the limitations of simulated use testing (i.E., unable to recreate "patient pain"), simulated use testing did not occur.Investigation conclusion: the similar complaints did not provide further insight into the evaluation of the root cause for the reported event.There were no abnormalities in regards to dhr review.It is unknown if the surgeon followed the ifu.The parts were not returned.Thus, inspection did not occur.Simulated use testing did not occur.As limited information is available, the root cause remains unknown at this time.
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