Product complaint # (b)(4).Investigation summary = > the device associated with this report was returned for investigation.Examination of the returned device can confirm the complaint.Depuy syntheses considers the investigation closed at this time.Should additional information be received, the information will be reviewed, and the investigation may be re-opened as necessary.Examination of the returned device can confirm the reported event.Visual examination can see in the groove of the saw capture is deformed, the deformed condition occurred by cutting into by a saw blade.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.
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It was reported that during a routine inspection of some attune consignment instrumentation trays, by sterile processing department personnel, it was discovered that three of the instruments were damaged.Two attune femoral impactor were cracked and the saw capture of a tibial cutting guide had been cut into by a saw blade.Both cracks extended from the central portion to distal portion of the two impactors.The cut in the tibial cutting guide in located in the lateral edge of saw capture.Replacement instruments are needed to complete the consignment trays.
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