FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

RENEGADE FIBER BRAIDED MICROCATHETER

MDR report key: 1873429 · Received October 19, 2010

Report

Report Number
2134265-2010-04664
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 19, 2010
Date of Event
September 24, 2010
Report Date
September 27, 2010
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK
Product Code
KRA
PMA / PMN Number
K020012
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(6). (B)(4). IT IS INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION; THEREFORE A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. A REVIEW OF THE BATCH HISTORY, HISTORICAL TRENDING, AND SIMILAR COMPLAINT TRENDING REVIEW FOR THE PRODUCT FAMILY WILL BE CONDUCTED. IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM THAT REVIEW, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A COIL EMBOLIZATION TREATMENT PROCEDURE, FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS NOTED. THE LESION BEING TREATED WAS LOCATED IN THE LIVER. THIS RENEGADE MICROCATHETER WAS INSERTED INTO AN UNSPECIFIED GUIDE CATHETER. PRIOR TO ENTERING THE PATIENT, IT WAS NOTED THAT FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS PEELING FROM THE RENEGADE CATHETER. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHERE ON THE CATHETER THE FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS NOTED AND THE FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS NOT IDENTIFIABLE. THERE WERE NO SUBSTANCES INJECTED INTO THE RENEGADE CATHETER. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER RENEGADE CATHETER. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AND THE PATIENT'S STATUS IS GOOD.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RENEGADE FIBER BRAIDED MICROCATHETER CATHETER, CONTINUOUS FLUSH KRA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK M001182520 12839307

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1