FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

EXTRACTOR RX RETRIEVAL BALLOON

MDR report key: 1180964 · Received September 29, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-04917
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 29, 2008
Date of Event
September 2, 2008
Report Date
September 3, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
Product Code
FGE
PMA / PMN Number
K970052
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MD, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE ANALYSIS: THE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION; THEREFORE, A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. A REVIEW OF THE HISTORICAL TRENDING AND SIMILAR COMPLAINT TRENDING REVIEW FOR THE PRODUCT FAMILY WILL BE CONDUCTED. IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM THAT REVIEW, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE DEFLATION ISSUES OCCURRED. THE TARGET LESION WAS IN THE COMMON BILE DUCT (CBD). AN EXTRACTOR RX 9 - 12 MM RETRIEVAL BALLOON HAD BEEN SELECTED TO TREAT THE TARGET LESION. WHILE PREPARING THE DEVICE, THE DEVICE WAS INFLATED OUTSIDE THE PATIENT'S BODY AND IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE DEVICE "TOOK LONGER TO DEFLATE". THE DEVICE DID NOT COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER OF THE SAME DEVICE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED WITH THE PATIENT'S CURRENT CONDITION LISTED AS "FINE".

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EXTRACTOR RX RETRIEVAL BALLOON FGE BOSTON SCIENTIFIC M00546900

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1