| Catalog Number |
01.26.45.0054 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Device Damaged by Another Device (2915)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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| Date of Event |
04/16/2019
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Batch review performed on 13 may 2019 lot 188631: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 06-feb-2019.Expiration date: 2024-01-22.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, (b)(4) items of the same lot have been already sold without any similar reported event.Instrument involved in the issue: amis 01.15.10.0263 amis cup impactor terminal-m10, lot 1755174: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 25-jan-2018.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, another similar event has been reported (complaint (b)(4)) visual inspection performed by r&d (b)(4): during the analysis it is evaluated that some scratches are present on the cup threaded hole and on the thread of the terminal.It is evaluable that the scratches caused the block of the cup inside the implant underlined in this complaint.
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Event or Problem Description
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When the surgeon introduced the cup into the acetabulum the thread of the terminal cup impactor broke out of the cup and damaged the thread of the cup.A new cup with the straight impactor was used to complete successfully the surgery.The thread breaks out when he was pushing the cup down to get the right anteversion.
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