FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HYDRATOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME

MDR report key: 1061787 · Received June 12, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-00714
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 12, 2008
Date of Event
May 14, 2008
Report Date
May 15, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
FDI
PMA / PMN Number
K930022
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE SUSPECT DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED; THEREFORE, A DEVICE EVAL HAS NOT BEEN PERFORMED. THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED MALFUNCTION IS UNDETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP THAT A HYDRATOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME DEVICE WAS USED DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE IN 2008. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT, THE WIRE WOULD NOT ADVANCE OUT OF THE SPHINCTEROTOME. AND, WHEN THE WIRE WAS REMOVED FROM THE SPHINCTEROTOME, THE PHYSICIAN AND THE NURSE NOTED THAT THE WIRE WAS "FRAYED." IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A SECOND HYDRATOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME DEVICE. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, THERE WERE NO PT COMPLICATIONS AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT AND THE PT'S CONDITION AFTER THE PROCEDURE WAS "FINE."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HYDRATOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME FDI BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M00583040 11607053

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 80 YR