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110004604 |
| 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 |
02/24/2025
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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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(b)(4).Incident occured in germany.Complaint description: "the tip of the screw broke off when it was inserted into the drilling channel.All parts were removed from the patient".No impact to patient - 55-minute delay stipulated in experience report received.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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19 march 2025.Verification of manufacturing data: no incidents during manufacturing.Control results comply with expected specifications.No other complaint concerning this batch.Additional information requested: the screw was discarded: do you have a picture of the broken screw? experience report / was there an increase in the operating time of more than 30 mn = "no" and delay in minutes: "55".What do these 55 minutes correspond to? in the end, did the incident cause a delay of more than 30 minutes? what was the diameter of the tunnel? has a prior tapping of the tunnel been carried out? what was the nature of the graft (kj, dt4, other)? what was used to complete the procedure (lot number)? is the surgeon familiar with this medical device? was this his 1st use? between 2 and 10 poses? or more than 10 poses? did the health care facility declare this incident to the national competent authority? investigations in progress - no corrective/preventive actions.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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19 march 2025.Verification of manufacturing data: no incidents during manufacturing.Control results comply with expected specifications.No other complaint concerning this batch.Additional information requested: the screw was discarded: do you have a picture of the broken screw? experience report / was there an increase in the operating time of more than 30 mn = "no" and delay in minutes: "55".What do these 55 minutes correspond to? in the end, did the incident cause a delay of more than 30 minutes? what was the diameter of the tunnel? has a prior tapping of the tunnel been carried out? what was the nature of the graft (kj, dt4, other)? what was used to complete the procedure (lot number)? is the surgeon familiar with this medical device? was this his 1st use? between 2 and 10 poses? or more than 10 poses? did the health care facility declare this incident to the national competent authority? investigations in progress - no corrective/preventive actions.11 june 2025.Correction of device manufacturing date: 02 may 2022 replaces 02 mars 2023 (input error).Result of the investigation.There is no impact to patient - the patient has not kept any pieces of the broken screw - delay in surgery notified in report transmitted: 55mn.Following request for additional information, the value "55" was an error: no delay on surgery.No device analysis possible: the product was rejected / no photo transmitted.Result of expertise: the information provided indicates a fracture of the screw at the tip, probably at the junction of the recess with the guide pin passage hole, into several fragments.The fracture of the tip is the result of combined screwing and compression forces exerted on the screw tip due to the surgeon's difficulty inserting the screw into the tunnel.In the absence of numerous elements on the circumstances of the screw breakage, the following hypothesis can explain this breakage: during screwing, the screw produced a divergent trajectory in the tunnel, causing significant stresses in bending and torsion up to the core of the screw, particularly when passing the cortical wall.These constraints caused a deformation of the screwdriver recess, which is almost zero at the end of the screwdriver recess and maximum at the level of the screw head.The deformation of the screwdriver is then greater than the elastic limit of the duosorb, causing the screw to break.Failure to pre-tap the tunnel using the appropriately sized tap increases the risk of the screw breaking when inserting it into the tunnel.The origin of the incident is not clearly identified.No corrective/preventive action taken.This file is closed.
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Event or Problem Description
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(b)(4).Incident occured in germany.Complaint description: "the tip of the screw broke off when it was inserted into the drilling channel.All parts were removed from the patient".No impact to patient - 55-minute delay stipulated in experience report received.
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