FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ROTOSNARE

MDR report key: 2111746 · Received June 2, 2011

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2011-01836
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 2, 2011
Date of Event
May 11, 2011
Report Date
May 11, 2011
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - COSTA RICA
Product Code
FDI
PMA / PMN Number
K992477
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION; 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

NOTE: THIS REPORT PERTAINS TO ONE OF TWO DEVICES USED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. MANUFACTURER REPORT # 3005099803-2011-01837 ADDRESSES THE OTHER DEVICE. IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT TWO ROTATABLE OVAL SNARES WERE USED DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE, WITH AMPULLECTOMY, PERFORMED ON (B)(6), 2011. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO EXTEND AND RETRACT THE LOOP OF THE FIRST SNARE ONCE IT HAD BEEN ADVANCED THROUGH THE SCOPE ELEVATOR. THE SAME ISSUE THEN OCCURED WITH THE SECOND SNARE, AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A CAPTIVATOR SNARE. 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 ROTOSNARE SNARE, FLEXIBLE FDI BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - COSTA RICA M00561831 0014167076

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 56 YR