FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MALLINCKRODT

MDR report key: 1872641 · Received September 29, 2010

Report

Report Number
2936999-2010-01222
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 29, 2010
Date of Event
July 22, 2010
Report Date
August 30, 2010
Manufacturer
COVIDIEN/FORMERLY TYCO HEALTHCARE
Product Code
BZW
PMA / PMN Number
K914887
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MS, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE LOT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. WE ARE FOLLOWING UP WITH THE FACILITY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

COVIDIEN RECEIVED ON 08/30/2010, (B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT "DURING THE ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY (EGD) PORTION OF A GASTRIC PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION CASE, THE TEMPERATURE PROBE OF THE ESOPHAGEAL STETHOSCOPE BECAME DISLODGED DISTALLY DOWN INTO THE STOMACH. UPON EXTRACTION OF THE TEMPERATURE PROBE, THE PROXIMAL TIP BECAME LODGED IN THE LEFT LATERAL WALL OF THE CERVICAL ESOPHAGUS JUST BELOW THE UPPER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER. THE RETAINED TIP WAS REMOVED SUCCESSFULLY, BUT A SMALL LACERATION OF THE LEFT LATERAL CERVICAL ESOPHAGEAL WALL DID OCCUR." THE PATIENT'S STAY IN THE HOSPITAL WAS EXTENDED, SHE WAS GIVEN ADDITIONAL ANTIBIOTICS AS WELL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MALLINCKRODT ESOPHAGEAL STETHOSCOPE W/TEMP SENSO BZW COVIDIEN/FORMERLY TYCO HEALTHCARE

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 34 YR Hospitalization| R