FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SPHINCTEROTOME

MDR report key: 1860485 · Received October 7, 2010

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2010-04183
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 7, 2010
Date of Event
September 9, 2010
Report Date
September 20, 2010
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER
Product Code
FDI
PMA / PMN Number
K930022
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PATIENT WEIGHT IS UNKNOWN. (B)(4) - THE REPORTED EVENT OF CUT WIRE SEPARATED. THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED FOR ANALYSIS. UPON RECEIPT AND 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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A ULTRATOME XL SPHINCTEROTOME WAS USED DURING A ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE PERFORMED. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, THEY CANNULATED THE PATIENT'S COMMON BILE DUCT AND THEN PUSHED THE DEVICE INTO THE COMMON BILE DUCT. A SPHINCTEROTOMY WAS PERFORMED AND THE DEVICE WAS PULLED OUT OF THE DUCT, AT THIS POINT IT WAS NOTED THE CUT WIRE SEPARATED; NO PART FELL INTO THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED AT THIS POINT, THEREFORE, ANOTHER DEVICE WAS NOT NEEDED. 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 FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SPHINCTEROTOME SNARE, FLEXIBLE FDI BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER M00535900 13580370

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 86 YR