FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PINNACLE PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR KIT

MDR report key: 1071612 · Received July 9, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-01104
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 9, 2008
Date of Event
June 9, 2008
Report Date
June 9, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
FTM
PMA / PMN Number
K071957
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WAS DISPOSED; THEREFORE, A FAILURE ANALYSIS IS NOT AVAILABLE, AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS DEVICE AND THE CAUSE FOR THIS EVENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT DURING AN ANTERIOR PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR PROCEDURE USING THE PINNACLE PFR KIT, THE PHYSICIAN COULD NOT GET THE NEEDLE THROUGH THE LIGAMENT, AND WHEN HE PULLED THE NEEDLE BACK, IT DETACHED INSIDE THE PATIENT AND COULD NOT BE LOCATED OR RETRIEVED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER OF THE SAME DEVICE, AND THE PATIENT IS REPORTED TO BE "FINE".

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PINNACLE PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR KIT FTM BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M0068317050 OML8041402

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Other