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The account reported finding broken blade in packaging.A photo was received for the investigation and no physical sample was available; two photos of a blade outside of vendor packaging were reviewed, there was no apparent damage to the outside of the vendor packaging, and the blade next to the vendor packaging was incomplete with the small metal piece along the bottom of the blade connecting the back to the tip not present.The vendor reviewed the photo provided and confirmed the reported issue, but no root cause could be identified; medline's investigation considered the root cause to be a vendor product issue relating to the component manufacturing process.This complaint was provided to the vendor for further evaluation, and the supplier quality team 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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