FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SAVI SCOUT REFLECTOR AND DELIVERY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 14117469 · Received April 15, 2022

Report

Report Number
14117469
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 15, 2022
Date of Event
March 21, 2022
Report Date
April 5, 2022
Manufacturer
MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Product Code
NEU
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
PA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

PATIENT HAD UNDERGONE SAVI SCOUT LOCALIZATION OF CORK CLIP PLACED AT MR BIOPSY OF RIGHT BREAST NME DETECTED ON HIGH RISK SCREENING STUDY. THE BIOPSY RETURNED PAPILLARY LESION WITH ADH, SCLEROSING ADENOSIS COLUMNAR CELL CHANGE AND FIBROCYSTIC CHANGE. AT LOCALIZATION PER NOTE OF DR. THERE WAS SIGNAL DETECTED FROM THE SAVI SCOUT DEVICE. 6 DAYS LATER, WAS CONTACTED BY THE OR RADIOLOGY TECH TO REVIEW SPECIMEN RADIOGRAPH. THERE WAS NO SAVI SCOUT OR CORK CLIP EVIDENT IN THE SPECIMEN. I CONTACTED OR DR. BY PHONE IN THE O.R. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FIRST FILM. SHE STATED SHE COULD NOT GET RELIABLE SIGNAL AND WAS GOING TO TRY TO USE ANOTHER DETECTION UNIT. A SECOND SPECIMEN ARRIVED AND NO SAVI SCOUT OR CORK CLIP WAS EVIDENT. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE O.R. AND CONFIRMED THIS WITH DR. SHE REPORTED SHE WAS NOT GOING TO ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN ANY MORE TISSUE SAMPLES. PATIENT DOES NOT NEED ANY ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES RELATED TO DEVICE MALFUNCTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1907515 SAVI SCOUT REFLECTOR AND DELIVERY SYSTEM MARKER, RADIOGRAPHIC, IMPLANTABLE NEU MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. H2234004

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 17520 DA Female