SLOTTED MALLET

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

PRODUCT COMPLAINT # (B)(4). IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Description of Event or Problem

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PLASTIC CAP ON THE MALLET IS STRIPPED. IT WILL NOT STAY ON THE MALLET. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

PRODUCT COMPLAINT # (B)(4). THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 21 CFR, PART 803. THIS REPORT MAY BE BASED ON INFORMATION WHICH HAS NOT BEEN INVESTIGATED OR VERIFIED PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORTING DATE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT A CONCLUSION BY DEPUY SYNTHES JOINT RECONSTRUCTION, OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE REPORT CONSTITUTES AN ADMISSION THAT THE PRODUCT, DEPUY SYNTHES JOINT RECONSTRUCTION, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTENTIAL EVENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL REPORT, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

PRODUCT COMPLAINT (B)(4). INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: THE DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE CONFIRMED, THE ALLEGATION. IT WAS FOUND, THAT THE THREAD OF THE CELCON CAP WAS STRIPPED. DEPUY SYNTHES CONSIDERS, THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED. AND THE INVESTIGATION MAY BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY. DEVICE HISTORY LOT: A MANUFACTURING RECORDS EVALUATION (MRE) WAS NOT PERFORMED, SINCE A VALID FINISHED GOOD LOT NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED FOR THIS DEVICE.