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283889 |
| Medical Device Problem Codes |
Infusion or Flow Problem (2964); Mechanical Jam (2983)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This report is being submitted in pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803.This report may be based on information which has not been able to investigate or verify prior to the required reporting date.This report does not reflect a conclusion by depuy mitek or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the device, depuy mitek, 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 medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.Udi: (b)(4).E3: reporter is a j&j sales representative.To date the device has not been returned.If the device or further details are received at a later date a supplemental medwatch will be sent.
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Event or Problem Description
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This is report 2 of 2 for (b)(4).It was reported by the sales rep in switzerland that during an unknown procedure on an unknown date, it was observed that the 5 mm barrel tornado bur plus device was blocked after some minutes of using it.It was unknown if and how the procedure was completed.There were no adverse patient consequences nor surgical delay reported.No additional information was provided.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This report is being submitted in pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803.This report may be based on information which has not been able to investigate or verify prior to the required reporting date.This report does not reflect a conclusion by depuy mitek or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the device, depuy mitek, 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 medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.The actual device has been returned and is currently pending evaluation.Once reliability engineering evaluates the device, a supplemental medwatch report will be sent accordingly.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.H6: the medical device problem code has been updated to reflect the correct information.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This report is being submitted in pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803.This report may be based on information which has not been able to investigate or verify prior to the required reporting date.This report does not reflect a conclusion by mitek or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the device, mitek, 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 medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.Device was used for treatment, not diagnosis.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.H10 additional narrative: investigation summary visual inspection revealed that it was not possible to move the inner from the outer, it was jammed.Based on the condition of the device, a functional test cannot be performed.A manufacturing record evaluation was performed for the finished device and no non-conformances were identified.Based on the condition of the device, this complaint can be confirmed.The shaver use in the procedure was not returned; also, there were no details provided of the procedure and the speed used.The device was tried to disassemble to know the root cause of this stuck issue; the unit was cleaned, and it present a color like residues of the hospital process.We cannot determine if the stuck is per the friction of the metal due to shows residues of the procedure, and it is unknown if the suction was the adequate.Based on the analysis we confirm the customer report unit are stuck but during the analysis we did not observe other issues related to the manufacturing process and cannot determine the root cause of the failure report.At this point in time, no corrective action is required, and no further action is warranted.However, depuy synthes mitek will continue to track any related complaints within this device family as a means of monitoring the extent with which this complaint is observed in the field.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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