FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

HEMOSPRAY ENDOSCOPIC HEMOSTAT

MDR report key: 15047845 · Received July 18, 2022

Report

Report Number
1037905-2022-00397
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 18, 2022
Date of Event
January 26, 2022
Report Date
July 18, 2022
Manufacturer
WILSON-COOK MEDICAL INC
Product Code
QAU
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SN
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

INVESTIGATION EVALUATION: A PRODUCT EVALUATION WAS NOT PERFORMED IN RESPONSE TO THIS REPORT BECAUSE THE PRODUCT SAID TO BE INVOLVED WAS NOT PROVIDED TO COOK FOR EVALUATION. THE REPORT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED BECAUSE THE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED. INVESTIGATION CONCLUSION: WE COULD NOT CONDUCT A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION BECAUSE THE PRODUCT SAID TO BE INVOLVED WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. A DEFINITIVE CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED OBSERVATION COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE IFU PRECAUTIONS, "LIKE OTHER MODALITIES, HEMOSPRAY MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE FOR ALL TYPES OF BLEEDS. GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING MAY EXACERBATE EXISTING COMORBIDITIES, INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADVERSE EVENTS INCLUDING PATIENT MORTALITY." PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION, ALL HEMOSPRAY ENDOSCOPIC HEMOSTATS ARE SUBJECTED TO A VISUAL INSPECTION TO ENSURE DEVICE INTEGRITY. CORRECTIVE ACTION: CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NOT WARRANTED AT THIS TIME BASED ON THE QUALITY ENGINEERING RISK ASSESSMENT. QUALITY ASSURANCE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR COMPLAINT TRENDS AND REASSESS THE RISK ASSESSMENT RESULTS AS POST MARKET FEEDBACK CONTINUES TO BECOME AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

COOK BECAME AWARE OF THE CLINICAL LITERATURE ARTICLE INVOLVING COOK HEMOSPRAY ENDOSCOPIC HEMOSTAT. THE FOLLOWING ARE RELEVANT EXCERPTS: "PATIENTS FROM DEC 2011 TO APRIL 2017 FROM FACILITIES IN SINGAPORE, CANADA, UNITED KINGDOM, THE NETHERLANDS, US, AND CHINA... INITIAL HEMOSTASIS WAS ACHIEVED IN 60/66 PATIENTS (90.9%) 1 OF THESE 6 PATIENTS WERE CONVERTED TO OPEN SURGERY. THIS PATIENT DIED OF LIVER FAILURE 2 DAYS LATER (DUE TO PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS)." THIS REPORT CAPTURES THE ONE PATIENT WHO REQUIRED SURGERY FOR HEMOSTASIS. SUNG JJY, MOREEA S, DHALIWAL H, MOFFATT DC, RAGUNATH K, PONICH T, BARKUN AN, KUIPERS EJ, BAILEY R, DONNELLAN F, WAGNER D, SANBORN K, LAU J, THE USE OF TOPICAL MINERAL POWDER AS MONOTHERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF ACTIVE PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING, GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY (2022), DOI:HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1016/J.GIE.2022.01.020.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1719161 HEMOSPRAY ENDOSCOPIC HEMOSTAT QAU WILSON-COOK MEDICAL INC UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown Required Intervention