FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

JAGWIRE GUIDEWIRE

MDR report key: 1160043 · Received September 12, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-04548
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 12, 2008
Date of Event
August 14, 2008
Report Date
August 15, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
EZB
PMA / PMN Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ALTHOUGH THE SUSPECT DEVICE HAS BEEN RETURNED, THE DEVICE EVALUATION HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED; THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED MALFUNCTION HAS NOT BEEN UNDETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION IN 2008, THAT A JAGWIRE GUIDEWIRE DEVICE WAS USED DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIO-PANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE, PERFORMED ON THE DAY BEFORE (A MALE PATIENT; WEIGHT IS UNKNOWN). ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN "EXPERIENCED FRICTION WHEN MOVING THE DEVICE EITHER IN THE CANNULA OR IN THE SPHINCTEROTOME'S LUMEN." IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE GUIDEWIRE COATING WAS NOT AS "SMOOTH" AS USUAL. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER JAGWIRE GUIDEWIRE DEVICE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE "STABLE".

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 JAGWIRE GUIDEWIRE EZB BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M0055658011 11436207

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR