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Reporter is a synthes employee.Part: se-1520-06; bme lot: bse170373; manufacturing date or release to warehouse date: july 19, 2017; place of manufacture: (b)(4); lot expiration date: june 9, 2022.A review of the device history record revealed no complaint related anomalies.The device history record shows this lot of speed shift 15x20x6mm was processed through the normal manufacturing and inspection operations with no rework nor nonconformities noted.The review of the material device history record revealed no relevant nonconformance's lot bse170373 was released as conforming as all nonconforming items were scrapped.This lot met all dimensional, visual, and packaging criteria at the time of release with no issues documented during the manufacture that would contribute to this complaint condition.Device evaluation: investigation flow: broken.Visual inspection: the speedshift compression implant kit 15x20mm offset 6mm was returned to biomedical enterprises, san antonio, tx for manufacturing evaluation.The results of the investigation are below: visual inspection was performed to determine a failure mode.Inspection showed that the inserter broke on the island feature, releasing the implant prematurely, therefore confirming the complaint description.Performed december 20, 2018.This is consistent with the reported complaint condition, thus confirming the complaint.The root cause for this failure mode has not been determined.Relevant actions have been taken to address the issue.No manufacturing related issue was identified and/or confirmed, therefore review to the specific prm and prm line is not required.As escalation for this failure has already been performed, no further investigation steps will be performed as part of this complaint investigation.Device was used for treatment, not diagnosis.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.
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