MAUDE Adverse Event Report: DAVIS & GECK CARIBE LTD POLYSORB; SUTURE, ABSORBABLE, SYNTHETIC, POLYGLYCOLIC ACID

Model Number	GLS-123
Medical Device Problem Codes	Break (1069); Detachment of Device or Device Component (2907)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	Foreign Body In Patient (2687)
Date of Event	10/09/2018
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
Event or Problem Description
According to the reporter, during a hernia repair procedure, while the device was being used for closure of the peritoneum, the needle broke and the suture tip fell into the patient's cavity.Needle tip was retrieved under eye view, seen and able to remove as soon as the incident took place.Opened a new packet and continued to close the peritoneum.There was no patient injury.

• Brand Name: POLYSORB
• Common Device Name: SUTURE, ABSORBABLE, SYNTHETIC, POLYGLYCOLIC ACID
• Manufacturer (Section D): DAVIS & GECK CARIBE LTD; zona franca de san isidro; santo domingo 0101 ; DO 0101
• MDR Report Key: 8104753
• Report Number: 9612501-2018-02094
• Device Sequence Number: 19339452
• Product Code: GAM
• UDI-Device Identifier: 20884521045634
• UDI-Public: 20884521045634
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: UK
• PMA/510(K) Number: K963253
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: company representative,foreig
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Other Health Care Professional
• Type of Report: Initial
• Report Date (Section B): 11/26/2018

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 Expiration Date: 10/31/2022
• Device Model Number: GLS-123
• Device Catalogue Number: GLS-123
• Device Lot Number: D7K2279X
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Type of Report(Section G): Thirty-Day
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 11/01/2018
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 11/26/2018
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1