FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1324397 · Received February 25, 2009

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-02147
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 25, 2009
Date of Event
March 17, 2008
Report Date
March 19, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION- MARLBOROUGH
Product Code
MEQ
PMA / PMN Number
P030006
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO CONSEQUENCES OR IMPACT TO PATIENT . SENSOR PROBLEMS. A FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER (FSE) WAS DISPATCHED TO THE USER FACILITY. THE EVALUATION OF THIS DEVICE FOUND THE CHANNEL 1 TC MODULE WAS NOT SEATED PROPERLY CAUSING A "0" READING. THE MODULE WAS RE-SEATED AND TC 1 READS PROPERLY. THE REPORTED PROBLEM WAS CONFIRMED. THE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON MARCH 19, 2008, IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, THAT A PROLIEVE THERMODILIATION SYSTEM WAS USED TWO DAYS PRIOR, IN A BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH) PROCEDURE (PATIENT WEIGHT UNKNOWN). ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE WHILE PERFORMING ABLATION, THE RECTAL TEMPERATURE MONITOR (RTM) TEMPERATURE SENSOR NUMBER ONE FAILED. THE RTM WAS REPLACED AND THE RTM SENSOR NUMBER ONE FAILED AGAIN. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH THIS DEVICE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROLIEVE THERMODILITATION SYSTEM MEQ MEQ BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION- MARLBOROUGH M006880800D0

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 50 YR