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It was reported that two of the three t-fasteners broke just after placement on the patient.Additional information was received on 20-jan-2017 that stated, the first t-bar was noted to be broken while cleaning the skin following completion of the procedure.The attending physician discovered the second t-bar fell off when the patient was in the post anesthesia care unit (pacu).The gastro jejunostomy (gj) catheter was in place and functioning fine, and the patient continued to receive feedings through the device.The patient remained admitted in the hospital, but this was due to the issues which were necessitated by his gj.No additional information was provided.
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No code available, detachment from t-bar assembly, damaged suture anchor.The sample was returned and evaluated.One used sample was received where the t-bar component was not returned.A packaging label was returned with the damaged suture anchor.The t-bar assembly component was not returned.The returned component (suture anchor) was reviewed in a well lit area with the soft shell attached to the clamp base.The suture was examined under magnification and there was a detachment that occurred from the t-bar assembly.When measuring the returned sample, there is approximately 0.5 mm of absorbable suture on the soft shell side of the component and 1.0 cm of absorbable sutures on the locking clip side of the component.The device history record (dhr) for the lot number, aa5229r13, involved in this complaint was reviewed and the material was produced according to the manufacturing procedures and met the quality requirements.At the time of the dhr review, there were no changes to the process and/or equipment that would have affected the manufacturing of the device.All information reasonably known as of 05apr2017 has been included in this health authority report.Should additional information be obtained, a follow-up health authority report will be provided.The information provided by halyard health represents all of the known information at this time.Despite good faith efforts to obtain additional information, the complainant / reporter was unable or unwilling to provide any further patient, product, or procedural details to halyard health.Halyard health has no independent knowledge of the event reported but is relaying the information that was provided by the user facility where the incident occurred.(b)(4).
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