FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MICROWAVE ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION (MEA) SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1729855 · Received June 16, 2010

Report

Report Number
9710493-2010-00004
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 16, 2010
Date of Event
April 6, 2010
Report Date
June 14, 2010
Manufacturer
MICROSULIS MEDICAL LTD.
Product Code
MNB
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATE: APPL. 08/2005. THE MEA SYSTEM RECORDS DATA FOR EACH PT TREATMENT PROCEDURE, INCLUDING SYSTEM PARAMETERS AND PT DATA ENTERED BY THE PHYSICIAN. THE COMPANY ANALYZED THE MEA SYSTEM'S TREATMENT DATA FILE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. THE CONCLUSION OF THE ANALYSIS WAS THAT THE MEA SYSTEM WAS FUNCTIONING WITHIN OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS AT THE TIME OF THE TREATMENT, AND NO MALFUNCTIONS OR PERFORMANCE DEVIATIONS WERE PRESENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT WAS TREATED WITH A REUSABLE MEA APPLICATOR. THE PT RETURNED 5 DAYS POST MEA WITH COMPLAINT OF ABDOMINAL PAIN, WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRITIS. INVESTIGATIVE SURGERY REVEALED A SMALL AREA OF BOWEL ADHERED TO THE UTERUS WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SEPARATED AND OVERSTITCH OF THE UTERUS PERFORMED. NO EVIDENCE OF UTERINE PERFORATION OR BLANCHING NOTED. PT HAD A SATISFACTORY RECOVERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MICROWAVE ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION (MEA) SYSTEM MICROWAVE ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION DEVICE MNB MICROSULIS MEDICAL LTD. NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Hospitalization