FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PROLIEVE THERMODILATATION KIT

MDR report key: 1191201 · Received September 26, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-04892
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 26, 2008
Date of Event
May 28, 2008
Report Date
August 27, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
MEQ
PMA / PMN Number
P030006
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE HAS BEEN RECEIVED, BUT AN EVALUATION HAS NOT YET BEEN PERFORMED. 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. A PRODUCT EVALUATION IS PENDING; RESULTS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN 2008, IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A PROLIEVE THERMODILATATION KIT WAS USED DURING A BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH) PROCEDURE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER PROLIEVE THERMODILATATION KIT. NO PT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PT'S CONDITION WAS REPORTED AS "FINE." THREE MONTHS LATER, INVESTIGATION RESULTS REVEALED THAT WATER WAS LEAKING FROM THE COMPRESSION BALLOON, THEREFORE, MAKING THIS A REPORTABLE EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROLIEVE THERMODILATATION KIT MEQ BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M0068808022 0000606083

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK