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Product complaint # (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 received: the client indicates that suture was removed at the time of the failure, that after the tip of the needle broke, it was replaced by suture of the same caliber.Was surgery delayed due to the reported event? --> no, action taken when event occurred? --> exchange to a new suture, was procedure successfully completed? --> yes, were fragments generated? --> yes, if yes, were they removed easily without additional intervention? --> yes, patient status/ outcome / consequences --> , was other medical intervention (e.G.X-rays, additional procedures, prescriptions, otc, revision) required: --> unknown, is the patient part of a clinical study --> unknown, (b)(6) device property of -->hospital, device in possession of -->none attempts are being made to obtain the following information.To date no response has been provided.If further details are received at a later date a supplemental medwatch will be sent.- did any needle piece(s) fall into the patient? *if yes, o was\were the needle piece(s) retrieved during the same procedure? o were x-rays taken to locate the needle piece(s)? o what measures were taken to retrieve the broken piece(s)? o was there any additional tissue damage as a result of searching for the needle piece(s)? - were there patient consequences? if yes, please explain.Attempts are being made to retrieve the device.To date the device has not been returned.If the device or further details are received at a later date a supplemental medwatch will be sent.H6 component code: g07002 ¿ device not returned a manufacturing record evaluation was performed for the finished device lot number, and no related non-conformances were identified.
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