SINCE THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS, NO PRODUCT FAILURE ANALYSIS CAN BE CONDUCTED AND NO DETERMINATION OF POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS COULD BE MADE. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) WAS REVIEWED AND THERE ARE NO OBSERVED DISCREPANCIES UPON REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD. AN EVENT DATE OF (B)(6) 2018 WAS PROVIDED WITH THE EXACT DATE UNKNOWN. THEREFORE, THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS USED. (B)(4).
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IT WAS REPORTED THAT A (B)(6) PATIENT UNDERWENT A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY PROCEDURE WITH A MULTI CLIP APPLIER LIGACLIP ERCA ROTATING 20 LARGE CLIPS AND THE CLIPS BECAME SISSORED. THE SURGEON WAS USING THE REPROCESSED CLIP APPLIER AND THE CLIPS SCISSORED, IN WHICH THE TIPS OVERLAPPED CREATING A TWIST. THOSE STAPLES WERE REMOVED, THE STAPLER WAS REMOVED FROM THE FIELD AND A NEW STAPLER THAT WAS NOT PROCESSED WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN ASSESSED AS A MALFUNCTION.