BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT

    MDR report key: 1172916 · Received September 19, 2008

    Report

    Report Number
    3005099803-2008-04725
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    September 19, 2008
    Date of Event
    June 18, 2008
    Report Date
    August 20, 2008
    Manufacturer
    BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
    Product Code
    MEQ
    PMA / PMN Number
    P030006
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    MA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THE LOT NUMBER OF THE PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT IS NOT KNOWN; THEREFORE, THE DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATE AND EXPIRATION DATE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. THE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION; THEREFORE, A FAILURE ANALYSIS IS NOT AVAILABLE, AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS DEVICE AND THE CAUSE FOR THIS EVENT.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IN 2008, IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT WAS USED DURING A BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH) PROCEDURE ON TWO DAYS EARLIER. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE UPON INSERTION, THE PHYSICIAN COULD NOT PLACE THE CATHETER DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE TIP. THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVES THE TIP BUCKLED AND WAS LIKELY DUE TO A URETHRAL STRICTURE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION WAS REPORTED AS "FINE."

    Devices

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

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 UNK