FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

HALO90 ABLATION CATHETER

MDR report key: 2121977 · Received June 3, 2011

Report

Report Number
3004904811-2011-00018
Event Type
Other
Date Received
June 3, 2011
Date of Event
March 5, 2011
Report Date
May 3, 2011
Manufacturer
BARRX MEDICAL INC.
Product Code
GEI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS IS A REPORT OF AN ADVERSE EVENT OCCURRING IN A PT ENROLLED IN THE US BARRETT'S RFA REGISTRY. THE PT IS A MALE WITH HIGH-GRADE DYSPLASIA IN BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS. THE PT HAD AN ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION FOLLOWED THREE MONTHS LATER BY FOCAL ABLATION. FOUR DAYS AFTER FOCAL ABLATION, THE PT WAS ADMITTED FOR THREE DAYS TO THE HOSPITAL FOR COMPLAINTS OF DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL SWALLOWING. HE WAS PROVIDED WITH INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS AND PAIN CONTROL. A CONTRAST SWALLOWING STUDY WAS PERFORMED AND WAS NORMAL. APPROX THREE WEEKS AFTER DISCHARGE FROM THE HOSPITAL, THE PT UNDERWENT ENDOSCOPY WHICH SHOWED SOME PERSISTENT ULCERATION OF THE ABLATION ZONE CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR ABLATION (AND EXPECTED 1 MONTH AFTER ABLATION). THE PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT THE ADVERSE EVENT WAS RESOLVED AFTER PERFORMING THE ENDOSCOPY. PER THE PHYSICIAN REPORT, THE ADVERSE EVENT SEVERITY WAS SEVERE, THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE DEVICE PROCEDURE WAS DEFINITE, AND THERE WAS NO DEVICE MALFUNCTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HALO90 ABLATION CATHETER COAGULATION CATHETER GEI BARRX MEDICAL INC. 90-9100 F1013305

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 55 YR Hospitalization