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If additional information should become available, a supplemental medwatch will be submitted accordingly.Udi: (b)(4) - incomplete.The exp date is currently unavailable.The complaint device was received and evaluated.Visual observation confirms the distal tip of the anchor is broken, but is held in place by suture.When observed under magnification, no structural anomalies were observed that could have contributed to this failure.Anchor breakages are typically associated with off axis insertion, levering during insertion, hard bone quality or using incorrect instrumentation for preparing bone hole.Further, a review into the mitek complaints system revealed no other complaints of any type for this lot of devices that were released to distribution.A root cause for the user to have experienced this issue cannot be determined.At this point in time, no further actions are 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 etq complaint management system as required under mitek's corrective and preventative actions (capa) to file usa fda mdr missed malfunctions.
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This is report 3 of 3 for the same event.It was reported by the affiliate in (b)(6) that during rotator cuff neoplasty, it was observed that two screws were damaged and one was broken.The broken piece didn't fall into patient.It was reported that the surgeon changed the new replacements to complete the procedure.There was no adverse event or extended surgery.There was patient involvement reported.There were no injuries, medical intervention or prolonged hospitalization.All available information has been disclosed.If additional information should become available, a supplemental medwatch report will be submitted accordingly.
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