FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ENDOVIVE STANDARD PEG KITS PULL METHOD

MDR report key: 1102026 · Received August 7, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-01527
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 7, 2008
Date of Event
July 11, 2008
Report Date
July 11, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
KNT
PMA / PMN Number
K031538
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE SUSPECT DEVICE WAS DISCARDED. A DEVICE ANALYSIS CANNOT BE PERFORMED, THEREFORE, THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED IS UNDETERMINED. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD FOR THE PERTINENT LOT WAS PERFORMED; NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED. A REVIEW OF THE COMPLAINT DATABASE REVEALED THAT ONE ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT HAS BEEN REPORTED FOR THIS LOT (FROM THE SAME CUSTOMER, FOR THE SAME FAILURE, IN A DIFFERENT PATIENT).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ENDOVIVE STANDARD PEG KIT PULL METHOD WAS USED DURING A PEG TUBE PLACEMENT PROCEDURE IN A FEMALE PATIENT IN 2008. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, "THE PULL WIRE BROKE." THE PHYSICIAN USED A HEMOSTAT (MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN) TO PULL THE REMAINDER OF THE WIRE TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ENDOVIVE STANDARD PEG KITS PULL METHOD KNT BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M00568201 11733951

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK