MAUDE Adverse Event Report: DEPUY MITEK LLC US KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHOR #1 EXCEL ETHIBOND; SOFT-TISSUE ANCHOR, NON-BIOABSORBABLE

Catalog Number	212029
Medical Device Problem Code	Break (1069)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
Date of Event	09/26/2013
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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 with an unrelated out of tolerance to the reported 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
The sales rep reported that the fork at the proximal end of the anchor cut the suture when it was being inserted.When the surgeon tried to remove the anchor to fix the suture the anchor broke and became lodged in the joint space.The surgeon removed the anchor with suture graspers and completed the procedure with another like device.The sales rep reported there were no patient consequences or time delay.The surgeon completed removed the first anchor and used the same bone hole for the 2nd anchor.The sales rep reported that patient was a male with great bone quality.No further information was given.

• Brand Name: KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHOR #1 EXCEL ETHIBOND
• Common Device Name: SOFT-TISSUE ANCHOR, NON-BIOABSORBABLE
• Manufacturer (Section D): DEPUY MITEK LLC US; 325 paramount drive; raynham MA 02767
• MDR Report Key: 7790760
• Report Number: 1221934-2018-53394
• Device Sequence Number: 19417085
• Product Code: MBI
• UDI-Device Identifier: 10886705001781
• UDI-Public: 10886705001781
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: US
• PMA/510(K) Number: K974345
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: company representative,other
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Other Health Care Professional
• Type of Report: Initial
• Report Date (Section B): 09/26/2013

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: 10/01/2017
• Device Catalogue Number: 212029
• Device Lot Number: 3649779
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Type of Report(Section G): Initial
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 09/26/2013
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 08/16/2018
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1