BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    INSTINCT ENDOSCOPIC HEMOCLIP

    MDR report key: 3173430 · Received June 6, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    1037905-2013-00379
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    June 6, 2013
    Date of Event
    May 10, 2013
    Report Date
    May 10, 2013
    Manufacturer
    WILSON-COOK MEDICAL INC.
    Product Code
    MND
    PMA / PMN Number
    K121505
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    CT, US
    Reporter Occupation
    UNKNOWN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    INVESTIGATION EVALUATION: OUR LABORATORY EVALUATION OF THE PRODUCT SAID TO BE INVOLVED FOUND THAT THE DRIVE WIRE WAS NOT VISIBLE IN THE COMPONENT ATTACHMENT INDICATING THE HOOK HAS BROKEN AT THE DISTAL END OF THE DRIVE WIRE. THE CLIP WAS REMOVED AND THE BROKEN PORTION OF THE HOOK WAS LOCATED WITHIN THE CLIP HOUSING. THEREFORE ALL THE PIECES OF THE DEVICE ARE ACCOUNTED FOR. THE DRIVE WIRE IS SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE HANDLE. A PRODUCT-SPECIFIC DISCREPANCY THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THIS OBSERVATION WAS NOT OBSERVED DURING OUR LABORATORY ANALYSIS. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD FOR THE LOT NUMBER SAID TO BE INVOLVED WAS REVIEWED. A DISCREPANCY OR ANOMALY WAS NOT OBSERVED WITH THE PRODUCT THAT WAS RELEASED FOR DISTRIBUTION. INVESTIGATION CONCLUSIONS: RESISTANCE ENCOUNTERED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DEPLOY THE CLIP AFTER THE CLIP IS CLOSED ON TO ANOTHER CLIP (I.E. DIFFICULTY WITH CLIP RELEASE) CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE OF DEVICE COMPONENTS SUCH AS THE HOOK AT THE DISTAL END OF THE DRIVE WIRE OR THE SECURITY OF THE DRIVE WIRE TO THE HANDLE. CLIPPING ON ANOTHER CLIP WHICH IS NOT PART OF THE INTENDED USE FOR THIS DEVICE MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED DIFFICULTIES. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE STATES TO PERMANENTLY DEPLOY CLIP, PULL HANDLE SPOOL TOWARD HANDLE THUMB RING UNTIL CLIP DETACHES. NOTE: IF SEPARATION OF CLIP IS NOT IMMEDIATE, GENTLY MOVE CATHETER BACK AND FORTH OR USE OTHER ENDOSCOPIC MANEUVERS TO SEPARATE CATHETER FROM CLIP. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE STATES IF CLIP DEPLOYMENT DEVICE IS USED WITH ENDOSCOPE IN A TORQUED OR RETROFLEXED POSITION, CLIP DEPLOYMENT DIFFICULTIES CAN OCCUR. PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION, ALL INSTINCT ENDOSCOPIC HEMOCLIPS ARE SUBJECTED TO A VISUAL INSPECTION AND FUNCTIONAL TESTING TO ENSURE DEVICE INTEGRITY. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD CONFIRMED THAT THE LOT SAID TO BE INVOLVED MET ALL MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: A CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN INITIATED IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE OCCURRENCES OF THIS NATURE. THIS PRODUCT WAS MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS CORRECTIVE ACTION. QUALITY ASSURANCE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR COMPLAINT TRENDS. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS REGARDING THIS REPORT: BASED ON THE INFO PROVIDED, A COOK REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO CONTACT THE MEDICAL FACILITY INVOLVED IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE FURTHER EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING RELATED TO APPROPRIATE USAGE OF THIS PRODUCT.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    THE PHYSICIAN WAS PERFORMING AN ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURE AND PROCEEDED TO COME ACROSS A BLEEDER IN THE SMALL BOWEL. THEY PROCEEDED TO PLACE TWO COOK INSTINCT ENDOSCOPIC HEMOCLIPS WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. THE THIRD CLIP OPENED, THEN CLOSED ONTO A PREVIOUSLY PLACED CLIP. THE CLIP WOULD NOT RELEASED FROM THE DEPLOYMENT DEVICE. THEY TRIED GOING BACK AND FORTH OPENING AND CLOSING, JIGGLING EVERYTHING AND THE CLIP STILL WOULD NOT RELEASE. THE CLIP WAS THEN ABLE TO BE REOPENED FOR REMOVAL FROM THE SITE. AT THIS TIME, THE CLIP THEN WOULD NOT CLOSE SO THEY HAD TO PULL THE ENDOSCOPE OUT WITH CLIP IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE CLIP AND INTRODUCER WERE REMOVED FROM THE PT OUR LABORATORY EVALUATION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE CONFIRMED THE HOOK AT THE DISTAL END OF THE DRIVE WIRE IS BROKEN. A SECTION OF THE DEVICE DID NOT REMAIN INSIDE THE PT'S BODY. THE PT DID NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES DUE TO THIS OCCURRENCE. ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL REPORTER, THE PT DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS DUE TO THIS OCCURRENCE.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    251842 INSTINCT ENDOSCOPIC HEMOCLIP MND, LIGATOR, ESOPHAGEAL MND WILSON-COOK MEDICAL INC. W3240618

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 OLYMPUS TIF 180 ENDOSCOPE