FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

HYDROTHERMABLATOR PROCEDURE SET

MDR report key: 1324789 · Received February 25, 2009

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-02450
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 25, 2009
Date of Event
October 19, 2007
Report Date
October 19, 2007
Manufacturer
NORTH AMERICAN STERILIZATION AND PACKAGING CO.
Product Code
MNB
PMA / PMN Number
P000040
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, THE SUSPECT DEVICE HAS BEEN DISPOSED AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RETURN. A DEVICE EVALUATION CANNOT BE PERFORMED; THEREFORE, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DEVICE, AND THE EVENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, THAT IN 2007 A HYDROTHERMABLATOR PROCEDURE SET WAS USED DURING A HYDROTHERMAL ABLATION PROCEDURE IN A FEMALE PATIENT (AGE & WEIGHT UNKNOWN) THE SAME DAY. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, "DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN NOTED THAT 4X4 GAUSSES WERE SATURATED WITH SALINE AND HOT AND BURNED THE CERVIX. THE HTA MACHINE DID NOT GIVE A FLUID LOSS ALARM AND THE NURSE IN THE ROOM CONFIRMS NO NOTICEABLE FLUID LOSS IN THE RESERVOIR." THE PATIENT SUFFERED A MINOR BURN ON THE CERVIX, WHICH WAS TREATED WITH SILVADENE CREAM. THE PHYSICIAN COMPLETED THE PROCEDURE WITH A COMPETITOR'S PRODUCT (THERMACHOICE). THE PHYSICIAN REPORTED THE PATIENT IS DOING "FINE".

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HYDROTHERMABLATOR PROCEDURE SET THERMAL ABLATION SYSTEM MNB NORTH AMERICAN STERILIZATION AND PACKAGING CO. M006560201

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other