FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

RESOLUTION HEMOSTASIS CLIPPING DEVICE

MDR report key: 1991078 · Received February 15, 2011

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2011-00291
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 15, 2011
Date of Event
January 14, 2011
Report Date
January 18, 2011
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MARLBOROUGH
Product Code
MND
PMA / PMN Number
K040148
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AR, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE SUSPECT DEVICE COULD NOT BE PERFORMED AS THE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WAS DISPOSED. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) WAS PERFORMED; NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED. BASED ON THE DETAILS OF THE COMPLAINT, IS IT PROBABLE THAT ANATOMICAL OR PROCEDURAL FACTORS ENCOUNTERED DURING THE PROCEDURE RESULTED IN THE CLIP BREAKING; THEREFORE, THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE FOR THIS COMPLAINT IS OPERATIONAL CONTEXT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ON (B)(6), 2011 THAT A RESOLUTION HEMOSTASIS CLIPPING DEVICE WAS USED TO TREAT A POST-POLYPECTOMY BLEED IN THE COLON DURING A COLONOSCOPY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6), 2011. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE COLONOSCOPY PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY A RESOLUTION CLIP ONTO THE TARGET TISSUE TO RESOLVE A SUBSEQUENT BLEED; HOWEVER, THE CLIP BROKE AT THE JOINT. THE DEVICE WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE PATIENT AND THE BLEED WAS SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVED WITH ANOTHER MANUFACTURER'S CAUTERY UNIT. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT AND THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO BE FINE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RESOLUTION HEMOSTASIS CLIPPING DEVICE LIGATOR, ESOPHAGEAL MND BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MARLBOROUGH M00522611 10042102C2

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 65 YR