FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INJECTION GOLD PROBE

MDR report key: 1221564 · Received November 5, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-06020
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 5, 2008
Date of Event
October 3, 2008
Report Date
October 8, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
KNS
PMA / PMN Number
K961349
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ALTHOUGH THE COMPLAINANT HAS INDICATED THAT THE SUSPECT DEVICE IS BEING RETURNED FOR EVALUATION, IT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED. THE DEVICE EVALUATION HAS NOT BEEN PERFORMED; THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED MALFUNCTION IS UNDETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION IN 2008 THAT AN INJECTION GOLD PROBE WAS USED DURING AN ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY PROCEDURE PERFORMED FIVE DAYS PRIOR. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, THERE WAS NO OUTPUT (HEAT OR ENERGY) FROM THE PROBE DURING THE PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, THE POWER GENERATOR SETTINGS AND CONNECTIONS WERE CHECKED, BUT THE DEVICE STILL DID NOT FUNCTION. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER INJECTION GOLD PROBE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT'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 INJECTION GOLD PROBE KNS BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M00560160 11838081

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK