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MalfunctionEMD

V. MUELLER HEMOSTAT

Received Oct 26, 2006 · Event occurred Oct 4, 2006

Report MW1040811 · MDR key 774914

Device

Generic name

V. Mueller Hemostat

Manufacturer

Cardinal Health

Model number

SU 2699

Catalog number

*

Lot number

*

Product problems

  • Break

Patient

64 YR

  • Foreign body, removal of

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

WHILE USING THE HEMOSTAT DURING A GRAFT REPAIR, THE EQUIPMENT BROKE IN TWO. BOTH PIECES WERE REMOVED AND THERE WAS NO PATIENT HARM.