FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

EXTRACTOR RX RETRIEVAL BALLOON

MDR report key: 1221539 · Received November 5, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-05919
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 5, 2008
Date of Event
October 2, 2008
Report Date
October 6, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
Product Code
FGE
PMA / PMN Number
K970052
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
HK
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

SAME CASE AS MFR REPORT #3005099803-2008-06051. IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE, THAT A KINK OCCURRED. THE TARGET LESIONS WERE SEVERAL 0.5 CM STONES IN THE LEFT INTRAHEPATIC DUCT. AN EXTRACTOR RX 15-18 MM RETRIEVAL BALLOON CATHETER HAD BEEN ADVANCED TO THE TARGET LESION, BUT WOULD NOT ADEQUATELY CROSS THE LESIONS. AN AUTOTOME RX 44-20MM WAS THEN SELECTED. THE AUTOTOME WAS EXAMINED PRIOR TO INSERTION AND THE TIP WAS INTACT. THE PHYSICIAN MADE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO CROSS THE TARGET LESIONS WITH THE AUTOTOME. THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED AND A 0.3CM CRACK WAS FOUND AT THE PLASTIC TIP. THE EXTRACTOR RX 15-18MM WAS THEN RESELECTED FOR USE. THE DEVICE WAS ABLE TO CROSS THE LESIONS. A NEW AUTOTOME RX 44-20MM WAS USED FOR SPHINCTEROTOMY. THE EXTRACTOR RX 15-18MM WAS AGAIN INSERTED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY CROSS, AS A KINK AT 3CM FROM THE TIP OCCURRED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER EXTRACTOR RX 15-18MM . THERE WERE NO PT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED WITH THE PT'S CURRENT CONDITION LISTED AS "STABLE".

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EXTRACTOR RX RETRIEVAL BALLOON FGE BOSTON SCIENTIFIC M00546920 0011890792

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 82 YR