MAUDE Adverse Event Report: DAVIS & GECK CARIBE LTD STEEL; SUTURE, NONABSORBABLE, STEEL, MONOFILAMENT AND MULTIFILAMENT, STERILE

Model Number	88862226-69
Medical Device Problem Code	Unraveled Material (1664)
Health Effect - Clinical Codes	Hemostasis (1895); No Code Available (3191)
Date of Event	02/05/2019
Type of Reportable Event	Serious Injury
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 an open procedure, when closing the surgical site, the wire of the steel loosened as passing the sternum.The problem complicates the closure and requires additional hemostasis of the sternum.The closure time was lengthened.

• Brand Name: STEEL
• Common Device Name: SUTURE, NONABSORBABLE, STEEL, MONOFILAMENT AND MULTIFILAMENT, STERILE
• Manufacturer (Section D): DAVIS & GECK CARIBE LTD; zona franca de san isidro; santo domingo 18750 ; DO 18750
• MDR Report Key: 8439913
• Report Number: 9612501-2019-00555
• Device Sequence Number: 16552641
• Product Code: GAQ
• UDI-Device Identifier: 10884521102385
• UDI-Public: 10884521102385
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: FR
• PMA/510(K) Number: K955723
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: company representative,foreig
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Physician
• Type of Report: Initial
• Report Date (Section B): 03/21/2019

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: Yes
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Operator of Device: Health Professional
• Device Expiration Date: 06/30/2023
• Device Model Number: 88862226-69
• Device Catalogue Number: 88862226-69
• Device Lot Number: D8F2059X
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Type of Report(Section G): Thirty-Day
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 02/26/2019
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 03/21/2019
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Outcome Attributed to Adverse Event: Required Intervention
• Patient Age: 46 YR