FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT

MDR report key: 1181617 · Received September 25, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-04838
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 25, 2008
Date of Event
August 25, 2008
Report Date
August 26, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
MEQ
PMA / PMN Number
P030006
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

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 LOT NUMBER PROVIDED BY THE COMPLAINANT REPRESENTS THE PROLIEVE CATHETER; A PART OF THE KIT. THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED, 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

PLEASE NOTE: THIS REPORT PERTAINS TO THE SECOND OF TWO DEVICES THAT WERE USED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. REFER TO MFR REPORT # 3005099803-2008-04839 FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST DEVICE. IN 2008, IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP THAT A PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT WAS USED DURING A BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH) PROCEDURE THE DAY PRIOR. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES INTO THE PROCEDURE, THERE WAS A LOW WATER LEVEL ERROR. THEY NOTICED THE ANCHORING BALLOON HAD NO WATER IN IT. THE PROCEDURE WAS NOT COMPLETED DUE TO THIS ISSUE. NO PT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PT'S CONDITION WAS REPORTED AS "OKAY."

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