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C2600 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Failure to Deliver Energy (1211)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
08/28/2024
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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An investigation has been initiated based on the reported information.Upon completion of the investigation, a follow-up report will be submitted.
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Event or Problem Description
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A facility reported that the cusa excel 23khz straight handpiece (c2600) developed a fault mid case, resulting in conversion to open procedure and swap to the cusa clarity.Additional information was received indicating that: "surgery time was increased by approximately 1 hour + due to the following: troubleshooting of the machine by the team, restarting the unit, repriming the unit, converting from a laparoscopic to open procedure, setting up the cusa clarity unit, opening more instrument trays to carry out the open procedure.Therefore: patient required an open procedure, meaning a significantly larger wound to be cared for, a longer stay in hospital, a longer post operative recovery time overall.Surgery was finished using the cusa clarity unit we have in the department patient was an adult surgery was a liver resection.".
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Updated fields: d4, d9, g3, g6, h2, h3, h4, h6, h11.The cusa excel handpiece (c2600) was returned for evaluation: device history record (dhr) ¿ the dhr was reviewed and no anomalies that could be associated with the complaint incident was observed.Failure analysis - the investigation of the unit confirmed the complaint as valid: the transducer is faulty and needed to be replaced.As a result, the transducer, housing and all o-rings have been replaced, and the calibration and final test according to manufacturer specifications have been performed.Root cause - the root cause is confirmed as transducer failure.This is a single complaint occurrence with no adverse trend noted; therefore, no further action is required.At present, we consider this complaint to be closed.
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Event or Problem Description
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N/a.
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