FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MAGSEED

MDR report key: 20722870 · Received November 19, 2024

Report

Report Number
20722870
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 19, 2024
Date of Event
October 11, 2024
Report Date
October 30, 2024
Manufacturer
ENDOMAGNETICS LTD
Product Code
NEU
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
PA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

ULTRASOUND MAGSEED PLACEMENT ON PATIENT PERFORMED. MAMMOGRAM WAS OBTAINED AFTERWARDS AND ONLY ONE MAGSEED WAS IDENTIFIED WHEN TWO WERE PLACED. WE REIMAGED PATIENT UNDER ULTRASOUND AND ALSO COULD NOT FIND 2ND MAGSEED, SO RADIOLOGIST PLACED A NEW MAGSEED INTO THE PATIENT. THE SONOGRAPHER TOOK REPRESENTATIVE PICTURES OF BOTH MAGSEED IN PLACE AND PATIENT WENT TO MAMMOGRAM FOR ADDITIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PLACEMENT. COULD NOT DETERMINE WHICH MAGSEED WAS DEFECTIVE DUE TO BOTH WERE PLACED ON STERILE TRAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1307502 MAGSEED MARKER, RADIOGRAPHIC, IMPLANTABLE NEU ENDOMAGNETICS LTD SM18-1-12US 220819-94

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 69 YR Female