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Occupation: synthes employee.Investigation summary: investigation flow: damage.Visual inspection: the 3.2mm trocar for recon locking (p/n 03.010.077 lot 5020053) was received showing a bent shaft.No other issues were identified with the returned device.The complaint is confirmed.Device failure/defect identified? yes - the device failure/defect of a bent shaft was identified during investigation.Document/specification review: during the investigation no product design issues or discrepancies were observed that may have contributed to the complaint condition.A manufacturing record evaluation was performed for the finished device lot number, and no non-conformance were identified.Conclusion: a definitive assignable root cause for the post manufacturing damage could not be determined based on the provided information.This complaint is confirmed however no product design issues or manufacturing discrepancies that would contribute to the reported complaint condition were identified during this investigation.No new, unique or different patient harms were identified because of this evaluation.Additional monitoring for any potential safety signals will be conducted through complaint trending and other post market safety surveillance activities.Based on the investigation findings, it has been determined that no corrective and/or preventative action is proposed.Device history lot: part # 03.010.077, synthes lot # 5020053, supplier lot # 37870, release to warehouse date: jul 08, 2005, supplier: (b)(4), no ncr's were generated during production.Device history review: review of the device history record(s) showed that there were no issues during the manufacture of this product, and any sub-components, which would contribute to this complaint condition.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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