FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SINGLE USE MECHANICAL LITHOTRIPTOR V

MDR report key: 3190809 · Received June 14, 2013

Report

Report Number
8010047-2013-00154
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 14, 2013
Date of Event
May 7, 2013
Report Date
May 17, 2013
Manufacturer
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Product Code
FEO
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

OMSC FOLLOWED UP WITH THE FACILITY TO OBTAIN MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE STONE OF THE PT WAS CRUSHED SUCCESSFULLY BY AN ESWL AT THE OTHER FACILITY, AND THE BASKET WIRE WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE PT. TWO DAYS AFTER THE ESWL, THE STONE WAS REPORTEDLY RETRIEVED UNDER ENDOSCOPY. THE PT REPORTEDLY WAS DOING FINE AFTER THE PROCEDURE. THE USER FACILITY ALSO REPORTED THAT THE STONE WAS MORE THAN 20 MM IN SIZE. ONLY THE BASKET WIRE OF THE SUBJECT DEVICE WAS RETURNED TO OMSC FOR EVALUATION. THE EVALUATION CONFIRMED THAT THE BASKET DEFORMED SEVERELY AND THE BASKET WIRE BROKE NEAR THE PROXIMAL END. THERE WERE NO OTHER ABNORMALITIES RELATED TO THE BREAKAGE IN THE SUBJECT DEVICE AND IN THE MANUFACTURING RECORD OF THE SUBJECT PRODUCT. BASED ON THE PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION THE CAUSE OF THE USER'S EXPERIENCE WAS DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO THE BILIARY STONE BEING EXCESSIVELY HARD. THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED AS A MEDICAL DEVICE REPORT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP (OMSC) WAS INFORMED THAT DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIO-PANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) FOR A BILIARY STONE LITHOTRIPSY, THE DEVICE WAS SUCCESSFULLY PLACED OVER THE STONE, HOWEVER, THE DEVICE COULD NOT CRUSH THE STONE AND COULD NOT BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE PT. THE USER FACILITY REPORTEDLY TRIED TO CRUSH THE STONE WITH A MECHANICAL LITHOTRIPTOR ((B)(4)), HOWEVER THE STONE COULD NOT BE CRUSHED BECAUSE THE BASKET WIRE GOT SNAPPED AND SHORTEN AT THE PROXIMAL END AND COULD NOT BE RETRIEVED FROM THE PT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PROCEDURE WAS ABANDONED AND THE PT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE OTHER FACILITY FOR ESWL CONSIDERING THE ADVANCED AGE OF THE PT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
272259 SINGLE USE MECHANICAL LITHOTRIPTOR V MECHANICAL LITHOTRIPTOR FEO OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION BML-V237QR-30 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 87 YR