FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HYDRATOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME

MDR report key: 1991508 · Received February 15, 2011

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2011-00495
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 15, 2011
Date of Event
January 30, 2011
Report Date
February 4, 2011
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER
Product Code
KNS
PMA / PMN Number
K013153
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): THE DEVICE COMPONENT CODE 430 RELATES TO THE DEVICE PROBLEM CODE 1069 FOR THE REPORTED EVENT OF WIRE BROKE.THE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WAS DISPOSED; THEREFORE A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. IF ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION IS IDENTIFIED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A HYDRATOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME WAS USED DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE FOR THE TREATMENT OF STONES WITHIN THE COMMON BILE DUCT. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, WHEN THE DEVICE WAS BOWED APPROXIMATELY 3-4 TIMES DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE CUTTING WIRE BROKE AT THE MIDDLE OF THE WIRE. NO PART OF THE WIRE DETACHED INSIDE OF THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED USING ANOTHER HYDRATOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME. 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 GOOD.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HYDRATOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME UNIT, ELECTROSURGICAL, ENDOSCOPIC (WITH OR WITHOUT ACCESSORIES) KNS BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER M00583040 13942721

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1