MAUDE Adverse Event Report: DEPUY MITEK LLC US EXPRESSEW III W/O HOOK; SUTURE/NEEDLE PASSER, REUSABLE

Catalog Number	214140
Medical Device Problem Code	Break (1069)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
Date of Event	03/05/2018
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Device was used for treatment, not diagnosis.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.Udi: (b)(4).
Event or Problem Description
It was reported by the sales rep that the jaw on the customer's expressew broke off of the device while inspecting it on the back table during a shoulder scope.The sales rep also stated that two expressew iii needles became stuck in the gun due to the clear tab on the needle coming off.The case was completed with another expressew iii gun and a different lot of expressew iii needles.There were no patient consequences but a 2 minute delay was reported to switch out the devices.No parts of the expressew iii gun fell into the patient.The expressew iii needles were discarded by the customer.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Product complaint # (b)(4).Additional narrative: if information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.Investigation summary: the complaint device is not being returned, it was discarded by the customer, therefore unavailable for a physical evaluation.This complaint cannot be confirmed.A device history record review has been conducted to determine if there were any internal processing issues which would have contributed to the nature of the product complaint.Our results indicate that this batch of product was processed without incident; therefore, there is no evidence of manufacturing anomalies on the paperwork reviewed.However, depuy synthes mitek will continue to track any related complaints within this device family as a means of monitoring the extent with which this complaint is observed in the field.Udi: (b)(4).

• Brand Name: EXPRESSEW III W/O HOOK
• Common Device Name: SUTURE/NEEDLE PASSER, REUSABLE
• Manufacturer (Section D): DEPUY MITEK LLC US; 325 paramount drive; raynham MA 02767
• MDR Report Key: 7489193
• Report Number: 1221934-2018-50565
• Device Sequence Number: 1124979
• Product Code: LXH
• UDI-Device Identifier: 10886982153821
• UDI-Public: 10886982153821
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter State: AL
• Initial Reporter Country: US
• PMA/510(K) Number: EXEMPT
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: company representative,health
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Health Professional
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date (Section B): 04/05/2018

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: 214140
• Device Lot Number: 7346-110524
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 04/05/2018
• Supplement Date Received by Manufacturer: 10/23/2018
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 05/04/2018
• Supplement Report FDA Received Date: 10/28/2018
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1