FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

BALLOON CONTROL UNIT

MDR report key: 10238708 · Received July 7, 2020

Report

Report Number
8010047-2020-03957
Event Type
Death
Date Received
July 7, 2020
Date of Event
June 4, 2020
Report Date
June 22, 2022
Manufacturer
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
Product Code
FDA
PMA / PMN Number
K071254
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

B2: DATE OF DEATH - (B)(6) 2020. INVESTIGATION ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN OPENED TO MANAGE THE ACTIONS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE AND ANY REQUIRED MDR REPORTING.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (OMSC), THEREFORE OMSC CANNOT INVESTIGATE THE DEVICE. OMSC INVESTIGATED THIS EVENT BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE USER FACILITY AND CONCLUDED THAT THE DEVICE HAD NO MALFUNCTION BECAUSE THE CUSTOMER DIDN¿T REPORT ANY DEVICE PROBLEM, BEEP SOUND DURING PROCEDURE, OR EMERGENCY LAMP TURNING ON. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT COULD NOT BE CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINED. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, THIS REPORT WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE SUBJECT DEVICE IN THIS REPORT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO OMSC FOR EVALUATION. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT COULD NOT BE CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, THIS REPORT WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2020, A PATIENT DIED DURING ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) FOR POSTOPERATIVE BILE DUCT STRICTURE USING THE SUBJECT OBCU (BALLOON CONTROL UNIT) AND ST-SB1S (SINGLE-USE SPLINTING TUBE). DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN NOTICED THAT THE PATIENT'S CONDITION WAS GETTING DETERIORATED AND AIR EMBOLISM SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE PATIENT'S BODY. THE FACILITY TRIED RESUSCITATION, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. THE PHYSICIAN SURMISED THAT SEALING THE INTESTINE BY THE BALLOON HAD INCREASED THE INTERNAL PRESSURE OF THE INTESTINE AND IT RESULTED IN THE AIR EMBOLISM. THIS IS THE SECOND ERCP THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT. ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF OLYMPUS DEVICES THAT HAVE/MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT, OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (OMSC) IS SUBMITTING 2 MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTS. THIS IS 1 OF 2 REPORTS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
706205 BALLOON CONTROL UNIT BALLOON CONTROL UNIT FDA OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. OBCU

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 66 YR Male Death SIF-H290S, UNKNOWN SERIAL| ST-SB1S, UNKNOWN LOT