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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 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 report, a follow-up report will be filed as appropriate.H11 additional narrative: a visual and functional assessment was performed on the device.The following steps failed: nose cone verification, lock operation, cutter insertion.During the service evaluation the following failures were identified: visual: cosmetic damage - worn.Device interaction (2+ devices): difficult to assemble/disassemble visual: bearing damaged.Device interaction (2+ devices): cannot insert cutter.Conclusion: failure reported is not confirmed.
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