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The account reported finding wing broke, and the complaint transcript stated that the needle came out from plastic base upon safety activation and the wing broke off on one.No sample or photo was received for the investigation; for investigation purposes, the division pulled samples to test, and testing of the huber needle safety mechanism found that of 29 samples, 1 safety mechanism failed, where immediately upon activation of the mechanism, the mechanism arms broke from the activation base and the needle was not retained.Based on the complaint details, sample evaluation, and investigation, the issue can be confirmed.The vendor was unable to determine the root cause of the issue and will be looking into improving the injection molding process; the complaint has been provided to the vendor for further evaluation and supplier quality will monitor this issue for trending purposes.There were no reports of death, serious injury, medical intervention, or follow up care.It has been determined that the reported event could cause or contribute to serious injury if it were to occur again.In an abundance of caution, this is a reportable event.If additional information becomes available this report will be reopened and reevaluated.This medical device report (mdr) is being submitted as part of retrospective review activities, which include review of historical data in accordance with regulations at 21 cfr part 803.The information included in this mdr reflects the information reasonably known to the manufacturer at the time of this retrospective review and submission.
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