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ACP349P |
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
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| Date of Event |
02/05/2020
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Patient information: unknown.Reporter occupation: other; sales representative.Evaluation in process but not yet complete.Upon completion of evaluation, a follow up report will be submitted.
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Event or Problem Description
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Information provided indicates that a procedure was performed on (b)(6) 2020 utilizing the simplicity plus acdf system.The anterior cervical plate plus 3-level 49mm (acp349p) was placed with two screws when it was noted that the tip of one of the locking rivets was bent down into the screw hole.The plate was removed and a plate was used from the back-up slimplicity acp system set to successfully complete the procedure, with no harm to the patient.There was a five (5) minute delay to the procedure.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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H3 device evaluation - engineering performed a visual inspection of the complaint product.The anterior surface of the plate and multiple locking tabs have scratches and chips.It has been noted in this complaint that this plate was a field transfer with little other information provided.It is unknown if the damage occurred during use or was received in the observed condition.Therefore, the root cause for this failure cannot be determined.The device history record for the 17 piece lot, confirms that products had been inspected and conform to drawing specifications.Review of device history records found seventeen (17) pieces of this lot were released for distribution on 10/2/2017 with no deviation or anomalies.Two-year complaint history review (2.5.2018-2.5.2020) found this to be the only report for this part number.As root cause could not be identified and there was not a trend for reports of this nature identified, the need for corrective action is not indicated.
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Event or Problem Description
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Information provided indicates that a procedure was performed on (b)(6) 2020 utilizing the simplicity plus acdf system.The anterior cervical plate plus 3-level 49mm (acp349p) was placed with two screws when it was noted that the tip of one of the locking rivets was bent down into the screw hole.The plate was removed and a plate was used from the back-up slimplicity acp system set to successfully complete the procedure, with no harm to the patient.There was a five (5) minute delay to the procedure.
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