MAUDE Adverse Event Report: DAVIS & GECK CARIBE LTD POLYSORB; SUTURE, ABSORBABLE, SYNTHETIC, POLYGLYCOLIC AC

Model Number	GL-226
Medical Device Problem Code	Detachment of Device or Device Component (2907)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	Insufficient Information (4580)
Date of Event	04/05/2022
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
Event or Problem Description
According to the reporter, during laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy, when the surgeon tried to insert the product through a trocar for extracorporeal ligation while using a method of making a knot from outside body and guiding it into body cavity and ligating. the needle came off when attempting to put it into the patient cavity  from the trocar.The needle did not fall into the body cavity and was retrieved outside the body.A different type of suture was used to resolve the issue and complete the case.There was no patient injury.

• Brand Name: POLYSORB
• Common Device Name: SUTURE, ABSORBABLE, SYNTHETIC, POLYGLYCOLIC AC
• Manufacturer (Section D): DAVIS & GECK CARIBE LTD; zona franca de san isidro; santo domingo 0101 ; DR 0101
• Manufacturer (Section G): DAVIS & GECK CARIBE LTD; zona franca de san isidro; santo domingo 0101 ; DR 0101
• Manufacturer Contact: tracy landers ; 5920 longbow drive; boulder, CO 80301 ; 3035816943
• MDR Report Key: 14214472
• Report Number: 9612501-2022-00659
• Device Sequence Number: 4193582
• Product Code: GAM
• UDI-Device Identifier: 10884521045187
• UDI-Public: 10884521045187
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: JA
• PMA/510(K) Number: K963253
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Serviced by Third Party (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: Foreign,Company Representative
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Other
• Type of Report: Initial
• Report Date (Section B): 04/26/2022

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: GL-226
• Device Catalogue Number: GL-226
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Type of Report(Section G): Thirty-Day
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 04/06/2022
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 04/26/2022
• Is the Device Labeled for Single Use? (Y/N): Yes
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Usage of Device: Initial
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Patient Sex: Unknown