MAUDE Adverse Event Report: MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. (LOUISVILLE) 70 DEG CURVED SUCTION, AXIEM; NEUROLOGICAL STEREOTAXIC INSTRUMENT

Catalog Number	9733450
Medical Device Problem Code	Device Operates Differently Than Expected (2913)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	No Patient Involvement (2645)
Date of Event	03/01/2017
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
No patient information provided as no patient was involved in this concern.Device lot number, or serial number, unavailable.Device manufacturing date is dependent on lot number/serial number, therefore, unavailable.No parts have been received by the manufacturer for evaluation.
Event or Problem Description
A site representative reported that the curved suction was bent but it was still possible to verify it when pushing/pressing it into the divot.No patient was present during the time of the reported incident.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
The device was returned to the manufacturer for analysis.The device was found to be fully functional with no problem found.The reported event could not be duplicated by medtronic personnel.Medtronic personnel noted that the suction did not exhibit any magnetic properties.The hardware investigation found that the reported event was related to a hardware issue.This issue was documented in a medtronic navigation hardware anomaly tracking database.

• Brand Name: 70 DEG CURVED SUCTION, AXIEM
• Common Device Name: NEUROLOGICAL STEREOTAXIC INSTRUMENT
• Manufacturer (Section D): MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. (LOUISVILLE); 826 coal creek circle; louisville CO 80027
• MDR Report Key: 6446379
• Report Number: 1723170-2017-01386
• Device Sequence Number: 578952
• Product Code: HAW
• UDI-Device Identifier: 00613994378477
• UDI-Public: 00613994378477
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: SE
• PMA/510(K) Number: K050438
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: company representative,foreig
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Medical Equipment Company Technician/Representative
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date (Section B): 05/19/2017

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: No
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Operator of Device: Health Professional
• Device Catalogue Number: 9733450
• Device Lot Number: 16120563
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: Device Returned to Manufacturer
• Date Returned to Manufacturer: 04/07/2017
• Type of Report(Section G): FDA Requested
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 03/01/2017
• Supplement Date Received by Manufacturer: Not provided
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 03/30/2017
• Supplement Report FDA Received Date: 05/22/2017
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1