MAUDE Adverse Event Report: COVIDIEN LP LLC NORTH HAVEN POLYSORB; SUTURE, ABSORBABLE, SYNTHETIC, POLYGLYCOLIC AC

Model Number	GL-182
Medical Device Problem Codes	Unraveled Material (1664); Patient-Device Incompatibility (2682)
Health Effect - Clinical Codes	Wound Dehiscence (1154); Purulent Discharge (1812); Post Operative Wound Infection (2446)
Date of Event	03/15/2024
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Medtronic submits this report to comply with fda regulations 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to provide as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee caused or contributed to the event described in the report.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.Medtronic will submit a supplemental report if additional relevant information becomes known.
Event or Problem Description
According to the reporter, 28 days after a cesarean section, the patient returned to the hospital for a follow-up due to bloody exudation from the abdominal incision.Upon checking, undegraded free sutures could be seen two centimeters (cm) to the right of the incision.The surgical incision crack, the wound healing was delayed and caused wound infection.The incision was split in one cm, and the bottom reached the subcutaneous fat layer.The undegraded suture was removed from the incision.No purulent secretions were seen from the incision.The patient was regularly changed for dressing and given a wound healing spray for external use to promote wound healing.The patient was revisited three days later and reported that the wound had healed.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Additional information: a4, e1 (first name, last name), g3 medtronic submits this report to comply with fda regulations 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to provide as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee caused or contributed to the event described in the report.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.Medtronic will submit a supplemental report if additional relevant information becomes known.

• Brand Name: POLYSORB
• Common Device Name: SUTURE, ABSORBABLE, SYNTHETIC, POLYGLYCOLIC AC
• Manufacturer (Section D): COVIDIEN LP LLC NORTH HAVEN; 195 mcdermott rd; north haven CT 06473
• Manufacturer (Section G): COVIDIEN LP LLC NORTH HAVEN; 195 mcdermott rd; north haven CT 06473
• Manufacturer Contact: justin ellis ; 8200 coral sea st ne; mounds view, MN 55112 ; 7635265677
• MDR Report Key: 20740478
• Report Number: 1219930-2024-05470
• Device Sequence Number: 8362319
• Product Code: GAM
• UDI-Device Identifier: 10884521045064
• UDI-Public: 10884521045064
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: CH
• PMA/510(K) Number: K963253
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Serviced by Third Party (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: Other,Foreign,Company Representative
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Other
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date (Section B): 12/05/2024

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: No
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Operator of Device: Health Professional
• Device Model Number: GL-182
• Device Catalogue Number: GL-182
• Device Lot Number: A1L0101Y
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Is the Reporter a Health Professional?: No
• Type of Report(Section G): Thirty-Day
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 11/04/2024
• Supplement Date Received by Manufacturer: 11/24/2024
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 11/20/2024
• Supplement Report FDA Received Date: 12/06/2024
• Date Device Manufactured: 11/03/2021
• Is the Device Labeled for Single Use? (Y/N): Yes
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Usage of Device: Initial
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Patient Age: 31 YR
• Patient Sex: Female
• Patient Weight: 73 KG