FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

DREAMTOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME

MDR report key: 2093309 · Received May 18, 2011

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2011-01666
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 18, 2011
Date of Event
April 26, 2011
Report Date
April 27, 2011
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER
Product Code
KNS
PMA / PMN Number
K013153
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED FOR ANALYSIS. UPON COMPLETION OF THE FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE, IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM THAT REVIEW, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A DREAMTOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME WAS TO BE USED DURING A ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING PREPARATION, THE DEVICE'S PACKAGE WAS OPENED AND THE NURSE NOTED THAT THE END OF THE TOME WAS FRAYED, AND THE COATING/BLUE PAINT WAS PEELING FROM THE TIP. THE DEVICE WAS ADVANCED INTO THE ERCP SCOPE BUT IT WAS NOT ADVANCED INTO THE PATIENT'S COMMON BILE DUCT; NO PAINT DETACHED INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE PHYSICIAN REQUESTED THE NURSE TO REMOVE THE DEVICE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER DREAMTOME 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 FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DREAMTOME RX SPHINCTEROTOME UNIT, ELECTROSURGICAL, ENDOSCOPIC (WITH OR WITHOUT ACCESSORIES) KNS BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER M00584050 0013839746

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1