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Product complaint # (b)(4).Date sent to the fda: 12/4/2024.H6 component code: g07002 -pending evaluation of returned device.This report is being submitted pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803.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 ethicon, or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the product, ethicon, 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.A device has been received; however it has not yet been evaluated.Any further information derived from the evaluation will be submitted in a supplemental 3500a form.
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(b)(4).This report is being submitted pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803.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 ethicon inc, or its employees, that the report constitutes an admission that the product, ethicon inc, 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.Additional information: h3, h6.A manufacturing record evaluation was performed for the finished device lot, and no non-conformances were identified.Investigation summary: the product was returned to ethicon for evaluation.One winding former with a detached needle and suture outside the foil packet.Product code y432.Upon visual assessment of the winding former, it was noted that the needle was detached from the suture.The swage and attachment area were noted as expected; the barrel hole was examined under magnification and remnant suture was observed.The suture could not be dispensed since had begun with the degradation process, and the time of exposure of sutures to the environment could not be determined.In addition, the foil was not returned for evaluation.A manufacturing record evaluation was performed for the finished device batch number, and no non-conformances were identified.No conclusion could be reached as to what may have caused the reported incident.As part of the ethicon quality process, all devices are manufactured, inspected, and released to approved specifications.Additional complaint information monitoring for potential safety signals is conducted through complaint trending as part of post-market surveillance.
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