FDA Adverse Event
Injury
Summary report: N
MALLINCKRODT
MDR report key: 1872641
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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 |