FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

SUPERDIMENSION BRONCHUS SYSTEM (SDBS)

MDR report key: 1131203 · Received August 20, 2008

Report

Report Number
3004962788-2008-00015
Event Type
Death
Date Received
August 20, 2008
Date of Event
July 22, 2008
Report Date
August 20, 2008
Manufacturer
SUPERDIMENSION, LTD.
Product Code
JAK
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Distributor report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A MALE, WITH PERMANENT STOMA, AND HISTORY OF THROAT CANCER DIED 4 DAYS POST-PROCEDURE. A SUPERDIMENSION PROCEDURE WAS CONDUCTED, AND DURING NAVIGATION, A PNEUMOTHORAX WAS OBSERVED, AND THE PROCEDURE DISCONTINUED. A CHEST TUBE WAS INSERTED, AND PER THE PHYSICIAN, THE PT WAS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THE SOURCE OF THE PNEUMOTHORAX IS NOT DEFINITIVELY UNDERSTOOD, AND PER THE PHYSICIAN, IT IS LIKELY THE PT DIED OF SEPSIS AS A COMPLICATION OF THE PNEUMOTHORAX. NO FURTHER INFO OR KNOWN CAUSE OF DEATH, COULD BE OBTAINED FROM THE SITE. AT NO TIME DID THE PHYSICIAN FIND FAULT WITH OR SPECULATE THAT THE INREACH SYS MALFUNCTIONED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SUPERDIMENSION BRONCHUS SYSTEM (SDBS) COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY X-RAY SYSTEM JAK SUPERDIMENSION, LTD. * S030104

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 70 YR Death