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DEPUY MITEK LLC US 5.5 HEALIX ADVANCE BR ANCHOR WITH ORTHOCORD; FASTENER, FIXATION, BIODEGRADABLE, SOFT TISSUE
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| Catalog Number |
222297 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Break (1069)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Unspecified Tissue Injury (4559)
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| Date of Event |
07/18/2023
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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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 employee.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 1 of 2 for (b)(4).It was reported by the affiliate in colombia that during a rotator cuff repair procedure on (b)(6) 2023, it was observed that the suture on the 5.5 healix advance br anchor with orthocord device broke when trying to make a knot.According to the report, a second anchor was used but the same thing happened again leaving the patient with no space for a third anchor and without threads or knots to close the defect; and therefore, the patient was left with an incomplete repair of the rotator cuff.The status of the patient was unknown.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 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.Investigation summary : the complaint device was not returned after multiple attempts for device return, therefore unavailable for a physical evaluation.Since the complaint device was not returned, we cannot determine a root cause for the reported failure.If additional information or the device is received in the future, we will reopen the complaint and perform the investigation as appropriate.A manufacturing record evaluation was performed for the finished device lot number and no non-conformances were identified.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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