COLON DECOMPRESSION SET
Report
- Report Number
- 3001845648-2023-00764
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- October 4, 2023
- Date of Event
- September 1, 2023
- Report Date
- July 19, 2024
- Manufacturer
- COOK IRELAND LTD
- Product Code
- FEG
- UDI-DI
- 00827002221819
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
- Health Professional
- N
Narratives
PMA/510(K) # K171619. INVESTIGATION IS STILL PENDING, A FOLLOW UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED TO INCLUDE THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUSIONS.
PMA/510(K) # (B)(4) DEVICE EVALUATION 01 X CDSG-14-175 DEVICE OF UNKNOWN LOT NUMBER INVOLVED IN THIS COMPLAINT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION. WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, A DOCUMENT-BASED INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED. LAB EVALUATION THE DEVICE EVALUATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED AS THE DEVICE OR PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. DOCUMENT REVIEW MANUFACTURING RECORDS REVIEW COULD NOT BE COMPLETED AS THE LOT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. HOWEVER, PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION ALL CDSG-14-175 DEVICES ARE SUBJECT TO VISUAL A VISUAL INSPECTION AND FUNCTIONAL CHECKS TO ENSURE DEVICE INTEGRITY. THESE INSPECTIONS AND FUNCTIONAL CHECKS ARE OUTLINED IN INTERNAL PROCEDURES IN PLACE AT CIRL. REVIEW OF HISTORICAL DATA: HISTORICAL DATA WAS NOT REVIEWED AS THE LOT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, IFU0102, STATES THE FOLLOWING: ¿VISUALLY INSPECT THE PACKAGING AND DEVICE. IF THE PACKAGING IS OPENED OR DAMAGED WHEN RECEIVED, DO NOT USE. IF A DEVICE ABNORMALITY IS DETECTED THAT WOULD PROHIBIT PROPER WORKING CONDITION, DO NOT USE." THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THE USER DID NOT FOLLOW THE IFU ((B)(4)). IMAGE REVIEW AN IMAGE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. ROOT CAUSE REVIEW A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. AS THERE IS LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE FILE PERTAINING TO THE EVENTS, A ROOT CAUSE CAN ONLY BE SPECULATED. A POSSIBLE ROOT CAUSE CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE POSITION OF THE COLONOSCOPE DURING DEVICE PLACEMENT. IT¿S POSSIBLE THAT IF THE COLONOSCOPE WAS IN A FLEXED POSITION DURING PLACEMENT OF THE DEVICE IT MAY HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO DIFFICULTY WHEN REMOVING THE WIRE GUIDE/GUIDING CATHETER TO LEAVE THE DECOMPRESSION TUBE IN PLACE. IT¿S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT A DIFFICULT/TORTUOUS PATIENT ANATOMY MAY HAVE EXERTED EXTRINSIC FORCE ON THE DEVICE DURING PLACEMENT AND/OR REMOVAL OF THE WIRE GUIDE/GUIDING CATHETER. THIS FORCE MAY HAVE CAUSED AND/OR CONTRIBUTED TO COMPRESSION OF THE DEVICE RESULTING IN THE DECOMPRESSION TUBE BECOMING STUCK ON THE WIRE GUIDE AND/OR THE USER EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY IN REMOVING THE WIRE GUIDE AND GUIDING CATHETER. CONFIRMATION OF COMPLAINT COMPLAINT IS CONFIRMED BASED ON CUSTOMER AND/OR REP TESTIMONY. SUMMARY COMPLAINT IS CONFIRMED BASED ON CUSTOMER AND/OR REP TESTIMONY. FAILURE IDENTIFIED: UNABLE TO REMOVE WIRE GUIDE AND GUIDING CATHETER LEAVING COLON DECOMPRESSION TUBE IN POSITION., 01 DEVICE CONFIRMED USED. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. AS THERE IS LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE FILE PERTAINING TO THE EVENTS, A ROOT CAUSE CAN ONLY BE SPECULATED. A POSSIBLE ROOT CAUSE CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE POSITION OF THE COLONOSCOPE DURING DEVICE PLACEMENT. IT¿S POSSIBLE THAT IF THE COLONOSCOPE WAS IN A FLEXED POSITION DURING PLACEMENT OF THE DEVICE IT MAY HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO DIFFICULTY WHEN REMOVING THE WIRE GUIDE/GUIDING CATHETER TO LEAVE THE DECOMPRESSION TUBE IN PLACE. IT¿S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT A DIFFICULT/TORTUOUS PATIENT ANATOMY MAY HAVE EXERTED EXTRINSIC FORCE ON THE DEVICE DURING PLACEMENT AND/OR REMOVAL OF THE WIRE GUIDE/GUIDING CATHETER. THIS FORCE MAY HAVE CAUSED AND/OR CONTRIBUTED TO COMPRESSION OF THE DEVICE RESULTING IN THE DECOMPRESSION TUBE BECOMING STUCK ON THE WIRE GUIDE AND/OR THE USER EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY IN REMOVING THE WIRE GUIDE AND GUIDING CATHETER. DUE TO LIMITED INFORMATION REGARDING THE INCIDENT, THE PATIENT OUTCOME IS UNKNOWN. COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL EMERGING TRENDS.
PMA/510(K) # K171619 SUPPLEMENTAL CORRECTION REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF THIS COMPLAINT FILE. UPDATE TO INVESTIGATION. DEVICE EVALUATION 01 X CDSG-14-175 DEVICE OF UNKNOWN LOT NUMBER INVOLVED IN THIS COMPLAINT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION. WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, A DOCUMENT-BASED INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED. LAB EVALUATION THE DEVICE EVALUATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED AS THE DEVICE OR PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. DOCUMENT REVIEW MANUFACTURING RECORDS REVIEW COULD NOT BE COMPLETED AS THE LOT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. HOWEVER, PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION ALL CDSG-14-175 DEVICES ARE SUBJECT TO VISUAL A VISUAL INSPECTION AND FUNCTIONAL CHECKS TO ENSURE DEVICE INTEGRITY. THESE INSPECTIONS AND FUNCTIONAL CHECKS ARE OUTLINED IN INTERNAL PROCEDURES. REVIEW OF HISTORICAL DATA: HISTORICAL DATA WAS NOT REVIEWED AS THE LOT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, IFU0102, STATES THE FOLLOWING: ¿VISUALLY INSPECT THE PACKAGING AND DEVICE. IF THE PACKAGING IS OPENED OR DAMAGED WHEN RECEIVED, DO NOT USE. IF A DEVICE ABNORMALITY IS DETECTED THAT WOULD PROHIBIT PROPER WORKING CONDITION, DO NOT USE." THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THE USER DID NOT FOLLOW THE IFU (IFU0102). IMAGE REVIEW AN IMAGE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. ROOT CAUSE REVIEW A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. A POSSIBLE ROOT CAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY IN REMOVING THE INNER CATHETER CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE PATIENT EXHIBITING A DIFFICULT /TORTUOUS ANATOMY WHICH MAY HAVE REQUIRED THE USER TO ALTER THE POSITION AND ADOPT A MORE FLEXED/ANGULATED POSITION WHEN ADVANCING THE GUIDING CATHETER AND THE DECOMPRESSION TUBE WHICH LED TO THE SUBSEQUENT DIFFICULTY IN REMOVING THE CATHETER. CONFIRMATION OF COMPLAINT COMPLAINT IS CONFIRMED BASED ON CUSTOMER AND/OR REP TESTIMONY. SUMMARY COMPLAINT IS CONFIRMED BASED ON CUSTOMER AND/OR REP TESTIMONY. FAILURE IDENTIFIED: UNABLE TO REMOVE WIRE GUIDE AND GUIDING CATHETER LEAVING COLON DECOMPRESSION TUBE IN POSITION., 01 DEVICE CONFIRMED USED. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. A POSSIBLE ROOT CAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY IN REMOVING THE INNER CATHETER CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE PATIENT EXHIBITING A DIFFICULT /TORTUOUS ANATOMY WHICH MAY HAVE REQUIRED THE USER TO ALTER THE POSITION AND ADOPT A MORE FLEXED/ANGULATED POSITION WHEN ADVANCING THE GUIDING CATHETER AND THE DECOMPRESSION TUBE WHICH LED TO THE SUBSEQUENT DIFFICULTY IN REMOVING THE CATHETER. DUE TO LIMITED INFORMATION REGARDING THE INCIDENT, THE PATIENT OUTCOME IS UNKNOWN. COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL EMERGING TRENDS.
COMPLAINT FORM COMPLETED. LBE01 (18 SEPTEMBER 2023). HAD DIFFICULTY WHEN TRYING TO SEPARATE THE GREY INNER TUBE FROM THE OUTER WHITE CASING EVEN AFTER FLUSHING AND FOLLOWING THE IFU. ENDED UP USING A NEW COLON DECOMPRESSION KIT. THE NEXT DAY IT APPEARED TO SEPARATE EASILY. ON FRIDAY NIGHT, (B)(6) 2023, CUSTOMER HAD DIFFICULTY WHEN TRYING TO SEPARATE THE GREY INNER TUBE FROM THE OUTER WHITE CASING. THEY ENDED UP USING A NEW SET. THE NEXT DAY, IT APPEARED TO SEPARATE EASILY.
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED DUE TO THE COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION ON (B)(6) 2023.
SUPPLEMENTAL CORRECTION REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF THIS COMPLAINT FILE. UPDATE TO INVESTIGATION.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1526345 | COLON DECOMPRESSION SET | FEG TUBE, DOUBLE LUMEN FOR INTESTINAL DECOMPRESSION AND/OR INTUBATION | FEG | COOK IRELAND LTD | C1849865 | 00827002221819 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NA | Unknown |