FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SPEEDBAND SUPERVIEW SUPER 7¿

MDR report key: 2932753 · Received January 29, 2013

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2013-00205
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 29, 2013
Date of Event
January 7, 2013
Report Date
January 8, 2013
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER
Product Code
MND
PMA / PMN Number
K020824
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 WAS DISPOSED OF AND 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

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SPEEDBAND SUPERVIEW SUPER 7 MULTIPLE BAND LIGATOR DEVICE WAS USED FOR AN ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY (EGD) PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2013. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIGATE VARICES WITHIN THE ESOPHAGUS, A COUPLE OF BANDS "MISFIRED." REPORTEDLY, UPON DEPLOYMENT, THESE BANDS RELEASED OFF TO THE SIDE AND MISSED THE VARICES. THE BANDS WERE LEFT IN THE PATIENT TO PASS NATURALLY. THE PHYSICIAN WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE USING THIS SPEEDBAND SUPERVIEW SUPER 7 MULTIPLE BAND LIGATOR DEVICE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS RESULTED FROM THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE FINE. ADDITIONALLY, THE PATIENT WAS NOTED AS BEING "VERY PHLEGMY."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
38659 SPEEDBAND SUPERVIEW SUPER 7¿ LIGATOR, ESOPHAGEAL MND BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER M00542253 15211153

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 50 YR