MAUDE Adverse Event Report: RICHARD WOLF GMBH PIRANHA; SUCTION PUMP

Model Number	2208011
Medical Device Problem Code	Suction Failure (4039)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	Insufficient Information (4580)
Date of Event	10/18/2023
Type of Reportable Event	Serious Injury
Event or Problem Description
The user facility has informed richard wolf medical instruments corporation (rwmic) of an issue regarding a suction pump, part id: 2208011, serial # (b)(6).According to the user facility, "suction was good at the beginning of the procedure, but diminished through the morcellation part of the procedure until it would not hold tissue at the tip of the piranha blade.The surgical procedure could not be completed." the reported issue caused a 10 minute delay during a holep procedure while they tried to resolve the reported issue.

• Brand Name: PIRANHA
• Common Device Name: SUCTION PUMP
• Manufacturer (Section D): RICHARD WOLF GMBH; pforzheimer strasse 32; d-75438 knittlingen, germany ; GM
• MDR Report Key: 18024842
• Report Number: 1418479-2023-00021
• Device Sequence Number: 7594001
• Product Code: JCX
• UDI-Device Identifier: 04055207011874
• UDI-Public: 04055207011874
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter State: NM
• Initial Reporter Country: US
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Serviced by Third Party (Y/N): Unknown
• Reporter Type: Importer
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Other
• Type of Report: Initial
• Report Date (Section B): 10/27/2023
• Report Date (Section F): 10/27/2023

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: Yes
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: No
• Operator of Device: Other
• Device Model Number: 2208011
• Device Catalogue Number: 2208011
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: Yes
• Was the Report Sent to FDA?: Yes
• Distributor Facility Aware Date: 10/19/2023
• Device Age: 1 YR
• Event Location: Outpatient Treatment Facility
• Date Report to Manufacturer: 10/27/2023
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: Not provided
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 10/27/2023
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Outcome Attributed to Adverse Event: Other
• Patient Sex: Male
• Date Report Sent to FDA: 10/27/2023