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Catalog Number 5955680 |
Device Problem
Detachment of Device or Device Component (2907)
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Patient Problems
Foreign Body In Patient (2687); No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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Event Date 08/27/2022 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Manufacturer Narrative
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As reported, during implant the yellow anchor of a ventralight st w/echo detached from the inflation tube and was left in vivo.Based on the information available and without having the sample to evaluate, no conclusions can be made.Review of manufacturing records confirms product was manufactured to specification.To date, this is the only reported complaint for this manufacturing lot of 236 units released for distribution in may, 2022.The instructions-for-use supplied with the device states, ¿once the ventralight¿ st mesh with echo ps¿ positioning system (the device) is inserted into the abdomen, use a grasper to locate the blue retrieval loop on the inflation tube, ensuring that the blue inflation tube is not wrapped around the mesh and is clearly visible.Pass a suture passer device through healthy skin at the center of the hernia defect (avoid going directly through the umbilicus).Grasp the blue retrieval loop and pull the retrieval loop and inflation tube out of the abdominal cavity.Place an atraumatic clamp or hemostat on the inflation tube at the level of the skin to temporarily hold the device in place.Cut the inflation tube on the dashed line between the retrieval loop and the yellow anchor with surgical scissors to open the tube for inflation.Discard the retrieval loop.Not returned - remains implanted.
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Event Description
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As reported, during a laparoscopic ventral hernia repair procedure on (b)(6) 2022, the surgeon inserted bard/davol ventralight st w/echo ps through a 12 mm trocar.After grasping the blue retrieval loop on the inflation tube, the surgeon attempted to pull it through the skin incision and the yellow anchor broke off.As reported, the surgeon searched the patient repeatedly to obtain the yellow anchor but could not retrieve it.As reported, the patient is obese and the surgeon felt it was in the patient's best interest to complete the case and not attempt to continue searching for the yellow anchor as it would be more of a risk to the patient.There was no reported patient injury.
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