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InjuryGXR

6 CRANIOFIX ABSORBABL.CLAMP STERILE 11MM

Received Apr 29, 2025 · Event occurred Apr 17, 2025

Report 9610612-2025-00069 · MDR key 21927334

Device

Generic name

Cranial Fixation

Manufacturer

Aesculap Ag

Model number

FF016

Catalog number

FF016

Lot number

52904344

Product problems

  • Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth
  • Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth

Patient

NA · Unknown

  • Failure of Implant
  • Failure of Implant

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: B5 - DESCRIPTION UPDATED. H6 - CODES UPDATED. INVESTIGATION RESULTS: THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED. THE INVESTIGATION WAS BASED UPON BATCH HISTORY REVIEW, HISTORICAL DATA ANALYSIS AND EVENT DESCRIPTION. BATCH HISTORY REVIEW: THE DEVICE QUALITY AND MANUFACTURING HISTORY RECORDS (DHR) HAVE BEEN CHECKED FOR ALL LOT NUMBERS AND THE PRODUCTS FOUND TO BE ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATION VALID AT THE TIME OF PRODUCTION. THERE ARE NO SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE MENTIONED LOT NUMBERS. ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURER'S REPORTING EVALUATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 CFR PART 803, SECTION 803.3, THIS EVENT IS CONSIDERED REPORTABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON - ADVERSE EVENT (NOT LATER THAN 30 DAYS). THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE REPORTABILITY OF THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS BASED ON THE PATIENT HARM, ADDITIONAL MEDICAL INTERVENTION. CONCLUSION/PREVENTIVE MEASURES: BASED ON THE CURRENT INFORMATION, A CLEAR CONCLUSION CANNOT BE DRAWN. IN THE EVENT THAT THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR INVESTIGATION IN THE FUTURE, AN UPDATE OF THIS REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED UNSOLICITED. THERE IS NO INDICATION FOR A MATERIAL DEFECT OR MANUFACTURING FAILURE. BASED UPON THE INVESTIGATION RESULTS, A CAPA IS NOT REQUIRED.

Description of Event or Problem

UPDATE: AFTER THE SURGERY, PRESSURE BANDAGING WAS APPLIED TO THE PROBLEMATIC AREA, AND THE PATIENT'S CONDITION IS CURRENTLY STABLE. THERE WAS ONLY ONE (1) COMPLAINED PRODUCT, BUT THE BATCH NUMBER COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE PATIENT HARM WAS UPDATED TO ADDITIONAL MEDICAL INTERVENTION, AND NO LONGER REVISION SURGERY. ASSOCIATED MEDWATCH REPORTS FF016/ 6 CRANIOFIX ABSORBABL.CLAMP STERILE 11MM (AESCULAP AG REFERENCE NO. (B)(4); 9610612-2025-00069). FF016/ 6 CRANIOFIX ABSORBABL.CLAMP STERILE 11MM (AESCULAP AG REFERENCE NO. (B)(4); 9610612-2025-00070). FF016/ 6 CRANIOFIX ABSORBABL.CLAMP STERILE 11MM (AESCULAP AG REFERENCE NO. (B)(4); 9610612-2025-00071).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

MANUFACTURING SITE EVALUATION: INVESTIGATION ON-GOING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / INVESTIGATION RESULTS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH FF016 - 6 CRANIOFIX ABSORBABL. CLAMP STERILE 11MM. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT DESCRIPTION, ON THE DAY OF SURGERY, AFTER CLOSING THE SKULL, NO ABNORMALITIES WERE FOUND. APPROXIMATELY TEN (10) DAYS POSTOPERATIVELY, THE BONE FLAP HAD LIFTED. ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURER'S REPORTING EVALUATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 CFR PART 803, SECTION 803.3, THIS EVENT IS CONSIDERED REPORTABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON - ADVERSE EVENT (NOT LATER THAN 30 DAYS). THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE REPORTABILITY OF THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS BASED ON THE PATIENT HARM, REVISION SURGERY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED NOR AVAILABLE. THE ADVERSE EVENT IS FILED UNDER AESCULAP AG (B)(4). ASSOCIATED MEDWATCH REPORTS FF016/ 6 CRANIOFIX ABSORBABL. CLAMP STERILE 11MM (B)(4). FF016/ 6 CRANIOFIX ABSORBABL. CLAMP STERILE 11MM (B)(4). FF016/ 6 CRANIOFIX ABSORBABL. CLAMP STERILE 11MM (B)(4).