FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

EXTRACTOR RX RETRIEVAL BALLOON

MDR report key: 1203626 · Received October 16, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-05311
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 16, 2008
Date of Event
September 19, 2008
Report Date
September 19, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORK LTD.
Product Code
FGE
PMA / PMN Number
K970052
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION, AS IT WAS DISPOSED OF AT THE USER FACILITY. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW AND REVIEW OF NON-CONFORMANCES FOUND NO ISSUES OR DISCREPANCIES, WHICH COULD RELATE TO THE COMPLAINT. THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS COMPLAINT IS OPERATIONAL CONTEXT, AS THE COMPLAINT MAY BE DUE TO CONTACT BETWEEN THE BALLOON AND A SHARP EXTERIOR SOURCE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

SAME CASE AS MFR REPORT #: 3005099803-2008-05310, -05312. IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE, THREE EXTRACTOR RX BALLOONS RUPTURED. A 15-18MM EXTRACTOR RETRIEVAL BALLOON RUPTURED, WHILE GOING THROUGH THE PAPILLA. A SECOND 15-18MM EXTRACTOR RETRIEVAL BALLOON WAS ATTEMPTED AND ALSO RUPTURED. A SMALLER 12-15MM BALLOON WAS THEN ATTEMPTED AND ALSO RUPTURED. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WITH A FOURTH BALLOON OF THE 12-15MM SIZE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED PATIENT COMPLICATIONS, AS A RESULT OF THESE EVENTS AND THE PATIENT WAS STABLE POST PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EXTRACTOR RX RETRIEVAL BALLOON FGE - BILIARY STONE RETRIEVAL BALLOON CATHETER FGE BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORK LTD. M00546920 11933628

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 78 YR