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DEPUY SPINE INC POWERED INSTRUMENTS EXPEDIUM SYSTEM T-HANDLE, RATCHETING, QUICK COUPLING 5.5; INSTRUMENT, MANUAL, SURGICAL, GENERAL USE
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| Catalog Number |
279703150P |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Contamination /Decontamination Problem (2895)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Insufficient Information (4580)
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| Date of Event |
10/18/2023
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Depuy synthese is submitting this report pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803.This report may be based on information which depuy synthese has not been able to investigate or verify prior to the required reporting date.This report does not reflect a conclusion by fda, depuy synthese or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the device, depuy synthese, or its employees caused or contributed to the potential event described in this report.If the information is unknown, not available or does not apply, the section/field of the form is left blank.Complainant part is expected to be returned for manufacturer review/investigation, but has yet to be received.The investigation could not be completed; no conclusion could be drawn, as no product was received.Based on the information available, it has been determined that no corrective and/or preventative action is proposed.This complaint will be accounted for and monitored via post market surveillance activities.If additional information is made available, the investigation will be updated as applicable.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.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that on (b)(6) 2023, the instruments in question were found to be unfit for surgery during sterile processing of incoming field inspection.There was no reported patient interaction, however a scheduled case had to be cancelled as the proper tooling was unavailable.No further information is available.This report is for a powered instruments expedium system t-handle, ratcheting, quick coupling 5.5.This is report 2 of 3 for (b)(4).
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Depuy synthes is submitting this report pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803.This report may be based on information which depuy synthes has not been able to investigate or verify prior to the required reporting date.This report does not reflect a conclusion by fda, depuy synthes or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the device, depuy synthes, or its employees caused or contributed to the potential event described in this report.If the information is unknown, not available or does not apply, the section/field of the form is left blank.H3, h4, h6: the products were returned to depuy synthes for evaluation.The depuy synthes team conducted a visual inspection of the returned device.Visual analysis of the returned devices found that the pwr t-handle, ratcheting has signs of white foreign particles at the surface.It is unknown at this point in which part of the process this happened and the origin of these white particles.A dimensional inspection was not performed since it was not applicable to the complaint condition.The overall complaint was confirmed as the observed condition of the two pwr t-handle, ratcheting would contribute to the complained device issue.There is no indication that a design or manufacturing issue has caused the complaint condition.Based on the investigation findings, it has been determined that no corrective and/or preventative action is proposed.Additional monitoring for any potential safety signals will be conducted through complaint trending and other post-market safety surveillance activities.As part of depuy synthes quality process, all devices are manufactured, inspected, and released to approved specifications.Device history review (dhr): a review of the receiving inspection (ri) for pwr t-handle, ratcheting was conducted identifying that lot number gb148450 was released in one batch: batch 1: lot qty of (b)(4) units were released on 28 nov 2022 with no discrepancies.Supplier: (b)(4).As a result, the ri identified no issues during the manufacturing and release of this device that could have contributed to the problem reported by the customer.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.
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