FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HYDRATOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME

MDR report key: 1852999 · Received October 5, 2010

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2010-04146
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 5, 2010
Report Date
September 16, 2010
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER
Product Code
KNS
PMA / PMN Number
K013153
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): THE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WAS DISPOSED AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION; THEREFORE A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED AND THE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. IF ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION IS IDENTIFIED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A HYDRATOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME WAS USED DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP). ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING INSPECTION OF THE DEVICE WHILE PREPARING FOR THE PROCEDURE, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE STYLET ON THE END OF THE HYDRATOME RX HAD PIERCED THE CATHETER. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE PACKAGING. A SECOND HYDRATOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HYDRATOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME UNIT, ELECTROSURGICAL, ENDOSCOPIC (WITH OR WITHOUT ACCESSORIES) KNS BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER M00583040 13507860

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1