FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

RESOLUTION HEMOSTASIS CLIPPING DEVICE

MDR report key: 1841070 · Received September 22, 2010

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2010-04165
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 22, 2010
Date of Event
September 1, 2010
Report Date
September 3, 2010
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MARLBOROUGH
Product Code
MND
PMA / PMN Number
K040148
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4):THE DEVICE HAS BEEN RECEIVED FOR ANALYSIS HOWEVER, AN EVALUATION HAS NOT BEEN PERFORMED AS OF YET. UPON COMPLETION OF THE FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE, IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM THAT REVIEW, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE FOUND THAT THE CLIP ASSEMBLY WAS FULLY DEPLOYED AND THE PRONGS WERE BENT BACKWARDS. THE CONTROL WIRE WAS SEPARATED PER DESIGN. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A KINK IN THE CONTROL WIRE NEAR THE HANDLE. THE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED HOWEVER, THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE OPERATIONAL CONTEXT AS EVIDENT BY THE KINK IN THE CONTROL WIRE AND THE PRONGS BENT BACKWARDS. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) WAS PERFORMED; NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

NOTE: THIS REPORT PERTAINS TO THE THIRD OF THREE COMPLAINTS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. REFER TO MANUFACTURER REPORT 3005099803-2010-04163 AND 3005099803-2010-04164 FOR THE OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICE INFORMATION. IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT THREE RESOLUTION CLIP DEVICES WERE USED DURING A HEMOSTATIC CLIPPING IN THE RECTUM PERFORMED ON (B)(6), 2010. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, IN ALL THREE INSTANCES, THE CLIPS WERE PLACED AT THE SITE HOWEVER; THE CLIPS SLIGHTLY OPENED AND FELL OFF THE TISSUE INSIDE THE PATIENT. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT ALL THREE CLIPS WERE RETRIEVED WITH BIOPSY FORCEPS. THE CASE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER RESOLUTION CLIP DEVICE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE STABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

NOTE: THIS REPORT PERTAINS TO THE THIRD OF THREE COMPLAINTS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. REFER TO MANUFACTURER REPORT 3005099803-2010-04163 AND 3005099803-2010-04164 FOR THE OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICE INFORMATION. IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT THREE RESOLUTION CLIP DEVICES WERE USED DURING A HEMOSTATIC CLIPPING IN THE RECTUM PERFORMED ON (B)(6), 2010. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, IN ALL THREE INSTANCES, THE CLIPS WERE PLACED AT THE SITE HOWEVER; THE CLIPS SLIGHTLY OPENED AND FELL OFF THE TISSUE INSIDE THE PATIENT. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT ALL THREE CLIPS WERE RETRIEVED WITH BIOPSY FORCEPS. THE CASE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER RESOLUTION CLIP DEVICE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE STABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RESOLUTION HEMOSTASIS CLIPPING DEVICE LIGATOR, ESOPHAGEAL MND BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MARLBOROUGH M00522610

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 61 YR