FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT

MDR report key: 1193352 · Received October 7, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-05121
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 7, 2008
Date of Event
September 4, 2008
Report Date
September 9, 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
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE LOT NUMBER OF THE PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT IS NOT KNOWN; THEREFORE, THE DEVICE MFR DATE AND EXPIRATION DATE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. HOWEVER, LOT NUMBER 615495, PROVIDED BY THE COMPLAINANT REPRESENTS THE PROLIEVE CATHETER CONTAINED IN THE PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT. THE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED, AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVAL; 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

ON SEPT 9, 2008, IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP THAT A PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION KIT WAS USED DURING A BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH) PROCEDURE IN 2008. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE COMPRESSION BALLOON LEAKED AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN WATER PRESSURE. THE PHYSICIAN WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE BY REFILLING THE CARTRIDGE. NO PT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PT'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