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254500507 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Break (1069)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
07/31/2024
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that the trial broke and was removed from sterile field.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Product complaint # (b)(4).This report is being submitted pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803 (and/or part 4, as applicable).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 depuy synthes, or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the product, depuy synthes, 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.
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Event or Problem Description
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Additional information received: a.Was there any surgical delay? - no b.Did it break into two or more pieces? if no, please specify what is the alleged deficiency of the instrument.Is it bent, cracked, stripped, dull, worn or cross threaded? - yes, two pieces c.Were all pieces of the broken instrument retrieved from the patient? - no d.Was there any patient consequences or not? if yes, please provide details.- no e.As the additional information received states that "were all pieces of the broken instrument retrieved from the patient? no".Please verify if this was marked by mistake or if the instrument broke into two or more pieces and was left in the patient? - this was marked by mistake.All pieces were removed from the patient.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Product complaint # (b)(4).Investigation summary no device associated with this report was received for examination.The product investigation found no evidence suspecting an error in the manufacturing or material that would be a contributing factor in the reported allegation(s).A records evaluation (mre) was not perform as part of our company quality system process, all devices are manufactured, inspected, and distributed to approved specifications.Additional complaint information monitoring for potential safety signals will be conducted through complaint trending as part of the post-market surveillance.If additional information is made available, the investigation will be updated as applicable.Device history lot the product investigation found no evidence suspecting an error in the manufacturing or material that would be a contributing factor in the reported allegation(s).A manufacturing records evaluation (mre) was not performed.H11 additional narrative: added: a1, a3a, a3b, b5 corrected: b3, h6 (foreign body and foreign body left in patient were removed; updated intraoperatively: fragment removed from wound).
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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