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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, 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 for this lot that was released to distribution on november 3, 2014.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.
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During a shoulder repair, the surgeon was passing 4x orthocord suture limbs via loading wire through the anchor tip when part of the anchor tip broke off.A new anchor was opened, and procedure continued.There was a ten (10) minute delay in surgery.There was no adverse event to the patient.
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