FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

RX TAPERED ERCP CANNULA TAPERED TIP

MDR report key: 1160047 · Received September 12, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-04539
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 12, 2008
Date of Event
August 15, 2008
Report Date
August 15, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
GCJ
PMA / PMN Number
K970054
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OK, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, THE SUSPECT DEVICE HAS BEEN DISPOSED OF AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RETURN. A DEVICE EVALUATION CANNOT BE PERFORMED; THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED MALFUNCTION IS UNDETERMINED. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINT DATABASE REVEALED NO ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS REPORTED FOR THE SAME LOT. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD FOR THE PERTINENT LOT WAS PERFORMED; NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION IN 2008, THAT AN RX TAPERED ERCP CANNULA TAPERED TIP DEVICE WAS USED DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON THE SAME DAY. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, "DYE WAS LEAKING OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE CANNULA NEAR THE CATHETER." REPORTEDLY, THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER RX TAPERED ERCP CANNULA TAPERED TIP DEVICE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THIS PATIENT'S CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE "FINE."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RX TAPERED ERCP CANNULA TAPERED TIP GCJ BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M00545770 11109290

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK