FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

14 FR. DECOMPRESSION KIT

MDR report key: 2782056 · Received September 21, 2012

Report

Report Number
2782056
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 21, 2012
Date of Event
August 28, 2012
Report Date
September 21, 2012
Manufacturer
COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED
Product Code
FEG
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT WAS UNDERGOING A COLONOSCOPY AFTER RECENT BOWEL SURGERY AND HIS ABDOMEN WAS DISTENDED (ISCHEMIC BOWEL). THE DECOMPRESSION TUBE WAS FED ONTO THE GUIDE WIRE WITH NO COMPLICATIONS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE GUIDING CATHETER FROM THE DECOMPRESSION TUBE, IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO REMOVE AND THEN SNAPPED. PART OF IT REMAINED INSIDE OF THE OUTER SHEATH. THE MD NOTED NO COMPLICATIONS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 14 FR. DECOMPRESSION KIT TUBE, DOUBLE LUMEN FOR INTESTINAL DECOMPRESSION AND/OR INTUB FEG COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED * C767795

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 55 YR NO OTHER THERAPIES