FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SPYSCOPE ACCESS AND DELIVERY CATHETER

MDR report key: 1192096 · Received October 7, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-05080
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 7, 2008
Date of Event
September 5, 2008
Report Date
September 8, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
KOG
PMA / PMN Number
K051504
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VT, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, THE SUSPECT DEVICE HAS BEEN DISPOSED AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RETURN. A DEVICE EVALUATION CANNOT BE PERFORMED; THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED MALFUNCTION IS UNDETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP IN 2008, THAT A SPYSCOPE ACCESS AND DELIVERY CATHETER WAS PLANNED FOR USE DURING A ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE TO BE PERFORMED THREE DAYS LATER. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, "THE PULL WIRES FELT LIKE THEY HAD BROKEN AND SNAPPED DURING THE PROCEDURE, PREVENTING THE PHYSICIAN FROM STEERING THE CATHETER. IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE PHYSICIAN WAS UNABLE TO GET AN IMAGE DUE TO THE MALFUNCTION AND TERMINATED THE PROCEDURE. THERE WERE NO PT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PT'S CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE "FINE."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SPYSCOPE ACCESS AND DELIVERY CATHETER KOG BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M00546230 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Other