BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    LAP-BAND ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING SYSTEM

    MDR report key: 1052301 · Received May 22, 2008

    Report

    Report Number
    2024601-2008-00277
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    May 22, 2008
    Date of Event
    April 10, 2008
    Report Date
    April 22, 2008
    Manufacturer
    COSTA RICA
    Product Code
    LTI
    PMA / PMN Number
    P000008
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    KY, US
    Reporter Occupation
    UNKNOWN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    TAPER TYPE II. THE PRODUCT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT HAS NOT YET BEEN RETURNED. BASED UPON THE IMPLANT DATE PROVIDED BY THE REPORTER, THE CONNECTOR TYPE IS ASSUMED TO BE A TAPER II. THE REPORT OF THE EVENT WAS ASKED TO RETURN THE PRODUCT FOR ANALYSIS. VISUAL EXAMINATION MAY CONFIRM OR DETERMINE ANOTHER CONNECTOR TYPE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT. THE REPORTER OF THE EVENT HAS ALSO BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE THE PRODUCT SERIAL NUMBER, IT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED BY ALLERGAN AT THIS TIME. ALLERGAN HAS NOT RECEIVED THE PRODUCT AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE, NO ANALYSIS OR TESTING HAS BEEN DONE. DEVICE LABELING ADDRESSED THE POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF LEAKAGE AS FOLLOWS: "DEFLATION OF THE BAND MAY OCCUR DUE TO LEAKAGE FROM THE BAND, THE PORT, OR THE CONNECTOR TUBING."

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    REPORTED AS "A LEAK. WHEN MY DOCTOR WAS ASPIRATING THE FLUID BACK, I HAD NO FLUID IN THE SYSTEM."

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 LAP-BAND ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING SYSTEM DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF MORBID OBESITY LTI COSTA RICA NA NI

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1