FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

AUTOTOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME

MDR report key: 1171468 · Received September 17, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-04649
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 17, 2008
Date of Event
August 18, 2008
Report Date
August 19, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
KNS
PMA / PMN Number
K013153
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SF
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ALTHOUGH THE COMPLAINANT HAS INDICATED THAT THE SUSPECT DEVICE WILL BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION, IT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED. THE DEVICE EVALUATION IS NOT AVAILABLE; THEREFORE, THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED WIRE BREAKAGE IS UNDETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

NOTE: THIS MANUFACTURER REPORT PERTAINS TO ONE OF TWO EVENTS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. REFER TO MANUFACTURER REPORT #3005099803-2008-04650 FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED EVENT. IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION IN 2008, THAT AN AUTOTOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME DEVICE WAS USED DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE PERFORMED ONE DAY PRIOR. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, WHILE PERFORMING A SPHINCTEROTOMY OF THE PAPILLA, THE WIRE OF THE SPHINCTEROTOME "SNAPPED. NOTHING FELL INTO THE PATIENT." THE CASE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER AUTOTOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME 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 AUTOTOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME KNS BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M00545170 11892224

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK