FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TRAPEZOID? RX

MDR report key: 3182199 · Received June 21, 2013

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2013-05176
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 21, 2013
Date of Event
May 29, 2013
Report Date
May 29, 2013
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER
Product Code
LQC
PMA / PMN Number
K040447
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MX
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REPORTED EVENT OF HANDLE BREAK. THE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WAS DISPOSED 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 TRAPEZOID RX LITHOTRIPTER COMPATIBLE BASKET WAS USED DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2013. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, A STONE WAS CAPTURED WITH THE LITHOTRIPTER BASKET WITHIN THE COMMON BILE DUCT. THE PHYSICIAN NOTED THAT THE STONE WAS TOO RIGID TO BE CRUSHED. THE ALLIANCE HANDLE WAS THEN USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BASKET AND LITHOTRIPSY WAS PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY. THE PHYSICIAN REPOSITIONED THE BASKET THEN ATTEMPTED LITHOTRIPSY ON A SECOND STONE, HOWEVER THE CABLE IN THE BASKET HANDLE BROKE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER OF THE SAME DEVICE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT¿S CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE STABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
282124 TRAPEZOID? RX LITHOTRIPTOR, BILIARY MECHANICAL LQC BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER M00510880 15711218

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 52 YR