FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

RESOLUTION CLIP CLIPPING DEVICE

MDR report key: 2873829 · Received December 14, 2012

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2012-05667
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 14, 2012
Date of Event
September 7, 2012
Report Date
November 21, 2012
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MARLBOROUGH
Product Code
MND
PMA / PMN Number
K040148
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CN
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). A VISUAL EXAMINATION FOUND THAT THE DEVICE RETURNED WITH A KINK IN THE CONTROL WIRE, THE TABS PARTIALLY OPENED, AND THE PRONGS BENT. FUNCTIONALLY, WHEN THE DEVICE WAS ACTUATED AND DEPLOYED, THE CLIP ASSEMBLY SEPARATED, BUT ONE OF THE PRONGS DETACHED; HOWEVER, TWO DISTINCTIVE CLICKS WERE HEARD DURING DEPLOYMENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE SLIDER COVER WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN AND THE CROSS PIN WAS DETACHED FROM THE SLIDER. THE OVERSHEATH, WHICH RETURNED ACCORDIONED NEAR THE SHEATH GRIP, HAD APPROXIMATELY 10CM CUT FROM ITS DISTAL END. THE REPORTED EVENT OF CLIP WON'T OPEN WAS NOT ABLE TO BE CONFIRMED DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THE RETURN DEVICE. HOWEVER, THE EVALUATION REVEALED THAT APPROXIMATELY 10CM WAS CUT AWAY FROM THE DISTAL END OF THE OVERSHEATH. BASED ON THIS FINDING, THIS EVENT IS NOW CONSIDERED MDR-REPORTABLE. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) WAS PERFORMED; NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A RESOLUTION CLIP DEVICE WAS USED DURING AN ESD (ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION) PROCEDURE FOR RECTAL POLYPS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2012. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, AFTER ADVANCING THE DEVICE TO THE TARGET LESION, THE PHYSICIAN FOUND THAT THE CLIP ASSEMBLY WAS NOT ABLE TO BE OPENED. THE DEVICE WAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE PATIENT, AND THEN THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED USING ANOTHER RESOLUTION CLIP DEVICE. PRIOR TO USE, NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE DEVICE OR ITS PACKAGING. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS RESULTED FROM THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT CONDITION WAS REPORTED TO BE STABLE FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN DEEMED REPORTABLE BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION RESULTS; THE OVERSHEATH WAS CUT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RESOLUTION CLIP CLIPPING DEVICE LIGATOR, ESOPHAGEAL MND BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MARLBOROUGH M00522610 ML000233C2

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 50 YR