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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.H11 additional narrative: d4: udi: as the lot number for the device involved in the event was not provided, the full udi is currently not available.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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It was reported that on (b)(6) 2024 during the case he surgeon was using the instrument to drive a screw into the pedicle of the upper thoracic region.The surgeon end up stripping the one driver during the process of driving the screw in, a new drive was then elected.In the same surgery, when attempting to driver a screw in further, the drive striped once again.The patient was not harmed and the surgery was still executed as planned.There was no surgical delay.The fragments were not generated.There was no patient consequences.
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