FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TRAPEZOID RX LITHOTRIPTER COMPATIBLE BASKET, MODELS 1086, 1087, 1088

MDR report key: 1945937 · Received January 4, 2011

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2010-05250
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 4, 2011
Date of Event
October 13, 2010
Report Date
December 13, 2010
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER
Product Code
LQC
PMA / PMN Number
K040447
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE FOUND THE PROXIMAL END SHEATH WAS FOUND TO BE BUCKLED. THE SIDE-CAR PRESENTED PUSH-BACK AND A SLIGHT TEAR. FUNCTIONALLY, A GUIDEWIRE WAS PUT THROUGH THE SIDE-CAR AND THE DEVICE WAS INSERTED INTO A SCOPE AND IT EASILY EXITED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. THE CONDITION OF THE RETURNED INCIDENT DEVICE WAS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPLAINT, AS THE DEVICE WAS ABLE TO BE INSERTED AND EXITED THROUGH A SAMPLE SCOPE WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED FAILURE COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED, HOWEVER DURING EVALUATION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SIDE-CAR HAD A TEAR AND PRESENTED PUSH-BACK AND THE COIL ASSEMBLY WAS BUCKLED. THEREFORE, THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE OBSERVED DAMAGES IS CONSIDERED OPERATIONAL CONTEXT. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) WAS PERFORMED; NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINT DATABASE REVEALED THAT NO SIMILAR COMPLAINTS EXIST FOR THE SPECIFIED LOT. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A TRAPEZOID RX LITHOTRIPTER COMPATIBLE BASKET WAS USED DURING AN ERCP (ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY) PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6), 2010. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE BASKET WOULD NOT ADVANCE FROM THE DISTAL END OF THE SCOPE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ELEVATOR ON THE SCOPE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AT THE TIME OF THIS EVENT. THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED FROM THE SCOPE WITHOUT REMOVING THE SCOPE FROM THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER TRAPEZOID RX LITHOTRIPTER COMPATIBLE BASKET DEVICE. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF DAMAGE TO THE SCOPE. 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. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN DEEMED A REPORTABLE EVENT BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION RESULTS; SIDE-CAR TORN AND PUSH-BACK.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TRAPEZOID RX LITHOTRIPTER COMPATIBLE BASKET, MODELS 1086, 1087, 1088 LITHOTRIPTOR, BILIARY MECHANICAL LQC BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER M00510880 0013666086

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 72 YR