MAUDE Adverse Event Report: DEPUY MITEK LLC US TACIT QUICKANCHOR W/HAND DRILL EA; SOFT-TISSUE ANCHOR, NON-BIOABSORBABLE

Catalog Number	212036
Medical Device Problem Code	Migration or Expulsion of Device (1395)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
Date of Event	10/09/2013
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Evaluation statement: the complaint devices are not being returned, therefore are unavailable for a physical evaluation.A batch 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 and therefore there is no internally assignable cause for the reported problem.Further, a review into the depuy mitek complaints system revealed no other complaints of any kind for this lot of devices that were released to distribution.We cannot discern a root cause for the reported failure mode.At this point in time, no corrective action is required and no further action is warranted.However, depuy 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.This report is being filed from the remetrex complaint management system as required under mitek's corrective and preventative actions (capa) to file usa fda mdr missed malfunctions.
Event or Problem Description
It was reported by the sales representative that two of the customer's tacit quick anchors pulled out of the bone hole during an unknown procedure.He stated the first anchor pulled out while the surgeon was testing the suture strength.He took that anchor out and used another anchor in the same bone hole with no problem.In another bone hole, a second anchor pulled out while the surgeon was tying a knot with the sutures.He also took that anchor out of the bone hole and inserted another anchor to complete the procedure with no patient consequences.There was a 20 minute delay and both anchors were discarded by the customer.The sales rep was not sure of the bone quality but stated it was a male in his 50's and it was not a revision surgery.No further details were available.Please see also medwatch report 1221934-2018-51323.

• Brand Name: TACIT QUICKANCHOR W/HAND DRILL EA
• Common Device Name: SOFT-TISSUE ANCHOR, NON-BIOABSORBABLE
• Manufacturer (Section D): DEPUY MITEK LLC US; 325 paramount drive; raynham MA 02767
• MDR Report Key: 7693840
• Report Number: 1221934-2018-51324
• Device Sequence Number: 1369823
• Product Code: MBI
• UDI-Device Identifier: 10886705001842
• UDI-Public: 10886705001842
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter State: MO
• Initial Reporter Country: US
• PMA/510(K) Number: K961094
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: company representative,health
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Other Health Care Professional
• Type of Report: Initial
• Report Date (Section B): 10/09/2013

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 Expiration Date: 08/31/2018
• Device Catalogue Number: 212036
• Device Lot Number: 3711539
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Type of Report(Section G): Initial
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 10/09/2013
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 07/17/2018
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1