FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TUBE, GASTROINTESTINAL (AND ACCESS)

MDR report key: 1040205 · Received May 8, 2008

Report

Report Number
2523003-2008-00077
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 8, 2008
Date of Event
March 11, 2008
Report Date
April 15, 2008
Manufacturer
C.R. BARD, INC. (BASD)
Product Code
KNT
PMA / PMN Number
K915841
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPLAINT OF THE RETENTION DOME BEING "TOO HARD" DURING TRACTION REMOVAL IS INCONCLUSIVE. THE COMPLAINT INCIDENT COULD NOT BE REPLICATED IN THE LABORATORY SETTING. GROSS VISUAL MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATIONS AND TACTILE EXAMINATION SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF A DEFECT OR DEFORMITY RELATED TO THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE WAS COMPARED TO A NON-COMPLAINT SAMPLE AND SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE SILICONE MATERIAL OF THE RETENSION DOMES. THE DOME THAT WAS RETURNED WAS STAINED YELLOW AND ENCRUSTED WITH RESIDUAL MATERIAL. A CHR IS NOT POSSIBLE, AS NO MANUFACTURING LOT NUMBER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE COMPLAINT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

TRACTION REMOVAL COULD NOT BE PERFORMED SINCE THE DOME WAS TOO HARD. THE INDWELLING PERIOD WAS 182 DAYS. THE USER CUT THE CATHETER AND REMOVED THE DOME ENDOSCOPICALLY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TUBE, GASTROINTESTINAL (AND ACCESS) KNT C.R. BARD, INC. (BASD) UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention