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244000510 |
| 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 |
01/01/2025
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Product complaint # (b)(4) this report is being submitted pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803 (and/or part 4, as applicable).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 depuy synthes, or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the product, depuy synthes, 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 medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that device is broken.This event did not happen in surgery.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Product complaint # (b)(4).Investigation summary : it was reported that 244000600 was broken.221750041 was broken.244000510 was broken.255000100 was broken.255000100 was broken.This event did not happen in surgery.The product was returned to j&j medtech orthopaedics for evaluation.Visual analysis of the returned device does not found signs of breakage at the quickset ace grater handle.However the sample has the white sleeve missing.This condition may occur during the cleaning/sterilization process, particularly when the components are assembled or disassembled.As these procedures are often repeated, there is an increased risk of components going missing.However, without concrete evidence or further information, it is not possible to determine a root cause.A functional test was performed using a lab sample mating device and the assessment does not found nothing indicative of a device nonconformance, the grater handle works as intended.A dimensional inspection was not performed since it was not applicable to the complaint condition.The overall complaint was not confirmed as the observed condition of the quickset ace grater handle would have not contributed to the complained device issue.Based on the investigation findings, it has been determined that no corrective and/or preventative action is proposed.There is no indication that a design or manufacturing issue has caused the reported complaint condition.As part of j&j medtech orthopaedics quality process, all devices are manufactured, inspected, and released to approved specifications.Additional monitoring for any potential safety signals will be conducted through complaint trending and other post-market safety surveillance activities.Device history lot : a device history record (dhr) review or manufacturing records evaluation (mre) was not possible because the date code (a0505) provided is not a valid finished goods lot number.H11 additional narrative: added: d9.Corrected: h3.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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