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Product complaint number: (b)(4).This report is being submitted pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803, subpart b.This report may be based on information which has not been investigated or verified prior to the required reporting date.This report does not reflect a conclusion by ethicon inc, or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the product, ethicon inc 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 report, a follow-up report will be filed as appropriate.Investigation summary: the product was returned for evaluation.Visual inspection was conducted on the returned device.Visual analysis of the returned sample revealed that one opened sample of product code pdp346h was received to ethicon inc for evaluation.After investigation of the sample short insertion was observed in the strand, and the visual inspection concluded that the combination of the needle/suture was found detached since the insertion end of the suture did not meet the requirement, this defect is caused because the suture was not correctly inserted inside of the needle barrel hole resulting in a pull-out defect.Based on the information currently available, the pull-out was identified during the investigation of the sample received.This product issue will be addressed through ethicon quality system.Additional complaint information monitoring for potential safety signals will be conducted through complaint trending as part of post-market surveillance.A manufacturing record evaluation was performed for the finished device lot, and no non-conformances were identified.This is a combination product, and the event has been reviewed for both the suture and the triclosan.Trade name - irgacare.Active ingredient(s)- triclosan.Dosage form - suture/solid/parenteral.Strength - = 2360 g /m.
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