FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT

MDR report key: 1133503 · Received August 22, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-03782
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 22, 2008
Date of Event
July 25, 2008
Report Date
July 25, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
MEQ
PMA / PMN Number
P030006
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPLAINANT REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE HAS BEEN DISPOSED OF AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED. A DEVICE ANALYSIS CANNOT BE PERFORMED; THEREFORE, THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNDETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN 2008, IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, THAT A PROCEDURE USING A PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH) OCCURRED. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE ANCHOR BALLOON; EVEN THOUGH, IT APPEARED TO BE FINE DURING PREPARATION AND THERE WERE NO FLUID LOSS ALARMS. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PROLIEVE CATHETER BECAME DISLODGED ( MIGRATED). THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT MEQ BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M0068808022 0000606782

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK