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212450 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Break (1069)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
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| Date of Event |
11/07/2014
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.Evaluation statement: the complaint device is not being returned, it was discarded and therefore is 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.(b)(4).
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Event or Problem Description
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The sales rep reported during a shoulder procedure, after the customer's gii anchor was inserted, the suture broke while being tensioned.The surgeon removed the anchor and used another like device to complete the procedure.There were no patient consequences.The procedure was extended about 10 minutes.The facility discarded the device.The sales rep was not present at the case.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Product complaint # (b)(4).Udi: (b)(4).This follow up medwatch will be submitted to include the following statement that was missed from the initial report: 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.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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