FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ROTALINK PLUS

MDR report key: 1003410 · Received February 21, 2008

Report

Report Number
2134265-2008-00510
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 21, 2008
Report Date
January 28, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
Product Code
MCX
PMA / PMN Number
P900056
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED, HOWEVER, THE INFO PROVIDED STATES THAT THE HANDSHAKE CONNECTIONS BECAME SEPARATED DURING THE PROCEDURE AS A RESULT OF THE HANDSHAKE CONNECTIONS NOT BEING CONNECTED, AS OUTLINED IN THE ROTABLATOR DIRECTIONS FOR USE. IT IS ALSO UNK IF THE USER TESTED THE INTEGRITY OF THE ROTALINK UNIT OUTSIDE THE BODY AS OUTLINED IN THE DFU. THEREFORE, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS COMPLAINT IS USER/USE ERROR.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

SAME EVENT AS MFR REPORT #: 2134265-2008-00511. IT WAS REPORTED THAT "MID LAST YEAR" DURING A PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE, A BURR STALLED IN THE LESION. DETAILS OF THE PROCEDURE AND PT ARE UNK. THE BURR WAS EXCHANGED DURING THE PROCEDURE, AND THE CATHETER THEN BECAME DETACHED AT THE HANDSHAKE CONNECTION DURING USE. A FEW ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RETRIEVE THE BURR AND IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY AND THERE WERE NO PT COMPLICATIONS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ROTALINK PLUS MCX CATHETER, CORONARY, ATHERECTOMY MCX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1