FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SINGLE USE INJECTOR

MDR report key: 14839189 · Received June 28, 2022

Report

Report Number
8010047-2022-10891
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 28, 2022
Date of Event
May 27, 2022
Report Date
July 28, 2022
Manufacturer
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
Product Code
FBK
UDI-DI
04953170422621
PMA / PMN Number
K902736
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MY
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE INITIAL REPORTER ADDRESS IS (B)(6). DEVICE EVALUATION AND INSPECTION NOTED IT WAS CONFIRMED NEEDLE CAN BE RETRACTED/EXTENDED, INJECTION SUCCESSFUL, NO BLOCKAGE. INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. THIS REPORT WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED ACCORDINGLY FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THIS REPORT IS BEING SUPPLEMENTED TO PROVIDE A CORRECTION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BASED ON THE LEGAL MANUFACTURER¿S FINAL INVESTIGATION. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD FOUND NO DEVIATIONS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED ISSUE. BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION, THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE WAS DUE TO COMPRESSIVE BUCKLING OF THE NEEDLE TUBE. THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE NEEDLE WAS EXTENDED BECAUSE OF THE GREAT FRICTION BETWEEN THE OUTER TUBE AND THE NEEDLE. IT WAS LIKELY THAT THE FRICTION BETWEEN THE OUTER TUBE AND THE NEEDLE INCREASED BY THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: ·THE NEEDLE EXTENDED/RETRACTED WHILE THE TUBE WAS COILED IN INSPECTION OF OPERATION. ·THE SLIDER WAS ABRUPTLY PUSHED. ·THE KINK OF THE TUBE. ·ANGLE OF THE DISTAL END OF THE ENDOSCOPE. THE EVENT CAN BE DETECTED/PREVENTED BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WHICH STATES: ·STRAIGHTEN OUT THE INSTRUMENT BEFORE INSPECTING IT. THE INSTRUMENT CAN BE DAMAGED IF IT IS COILED WHILE THE HANDLE IS OPERATED. ·OPERATE THE SLIDER SLOWLY, OTHERWISE THE TUBE COULD BUCKLE. ·WHEN INSERTING THE INSTRUMENT INTO THE ENDOSCOPE, RETRACT THE NEEDLE INTO THE SHEATH, HOLD THE INSTRUMENT CLOSE TO THE BIOPSY VALVE, AND KEEP IT AS STRAIGHT AS POSSIBLE RELATIVE TO THE BIOPSY VALVE. OTHERWISE, THE INSTRUMENT COULD BE DAMAGED. ·INSERT THE INSTRUMENT SLOWLY. ABRUPT INSERTION COULD DAMAGE THE ENDOSCOPE AND/OR INSTRUMENT. ·STOP USING THE INSTRUMENT IF THE INSERTION PORTION BENDS EXCESSIVELY DURING USE. THIS COULD RESULT IN MALFUNCTION, SUCH AS FAILING TO EXTEND THE NEEDLE OR INJECT A FLUID. OLYMPUS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FIELD PERFORMANCE OF THIS DEVICE.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

AS REPORTED, THE NURSE INSPECTS THE SECOND INJECTOR AND USE THE ADRENALINE SOLUTION TO TEST THE INJECTION AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. DURING THE PROCEDURE WHEN THE SECOND INJECTOR (WITH NEEDLE OUT) WAS INSIDE THE SCOPE, THE NURSE INJECTS THE ADRENALINE SOLUTION AND AGAIN THE SOLUTION GOT STUCK AND CANNOT FLOW THROUGH THE LUMEN DESPITE TRYING FOR MANY TIMES. THE NURSE HAS ALSO TRIED TO EXAMINE AND TEST THE SECOND INJECTOR AFTER TAKING IT OUT FROM THE SCOPE, BUT THE SAME ISSUE TRANSPIRED. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED FOR THE FIRST INJECTOR (COMPLAINT REF.(B)(4) THE INTENDED PROCEDURE (BLEEDING CASE GASTRIC ULCER) WAS COMPLETED BY USING ANOTHER SIMILAR INJECTION NEEDLE . THERE WAS NO PATIENT HARM OR INJURY REPORTED DUE TO THE EVENT. NO USER INJURY REPORTED. PATIENT IS IN GOOD STATUS. THIS REPORT IS FOR THE SECOND INJECTION NEEDLE UNIT LOT 16K. THIS REPORT IS RELATED TO A REPORT WITH PATIENT IDENTIFIER (B)(6) (1ST INJECTION NEEDLE UNIT) LOT OZK.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2018644 SINGLE USE INJECTOR INJECTOR AND SHEATHSET FBK OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. NM-401L-0423 16K 04953170422621

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown SCOPE