FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MICROVASIVE RX LOCKING DEVICE

MDR report key: 1133497 · Received August 22, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-03618
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 22, 2008
Date of Event
July 21, 2008
Report Date
July 23, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
KOG
PMA / PMN Number
K010610
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPLAINANT WAS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THE LOT NUMBER OF THE SUSPECT DEVICE; THEREFORE, THE DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. THE DETACHED PORTION OF THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED (THE REST OF THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED). VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE RETURNED SPONGE PORTION OF THE DEVICE REVEALED THAT IT WAS TORN, AND THAT A LARGE PORTION WAS MISSING. THE CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION IN 2008, THAT A RX LOCKING DEVICE WAS USED DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE ABOUT TWO DAYS PRIOR. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, WHILE THE PHYSICIAN WAS INSERTING THE SPHINCTEROTOME (MANUFACTURER UNK) INTO THE MICROVASIVE RX LOCKING DEVICE, "THE WHITE COTTON MATERIAL INSIDE CAP DISLODGED INTO THE [ENDO] SCOPE AND WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE." THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A SECOND MICROVASIVE RX LOCKING DEVICE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MICROVASIVE RX LOCKING DEVICE KOG BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M00545261 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK