FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MAMMOSITE

MDR report key: 3735270 · Received April 3, 2014

Report

Report Number
3735270
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 3, 2014
Date of Event
March 21, 2014
Report Date
April 3, 2014
Manufacturer
HOLOGIC, INC.
Product Code
JAQ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MO, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CAVITY EVALUATION DEVICE RUPTURED AFTER INTRAOPERATIVE PLACEMENT BY SURGEON. DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON TESTED THE INTEGRITY OF THE BALLOON COMPONENT OF THE CAVITY EVALUATION DEVICE BY INSTILLING 60 CC FLUID WITH NO ISSUES. THE FLUID WAS REMOVED, THE DEVICE WAS PLACED AND 45 CC FLUID WAS INSTILLED. THE SURGEON PROCEEDED TO EVALUATE PLACEMENT VIA ULTRASOUND EXAM, AND WAS UNABLE TO VISUALIZE THE BALLOON. THE SURGEON ATTEMPTED TO WITHDRAW FLUID FROM THE BALLOON AND AT THAT TIME FOUND THAT THE BALLOON HAD RUPTURED. THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED. A SECOND DEVICE WAS RE-EVALUATED THE SAME WAY, PLACED, AND UPON ULTRASOUND EXAM, FOUND TO BE INTACT AND IN THE PROPER POSITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
203033 MAMMOSITE INSTRUMENT, MANUAL, SURGICAL JAQ HOLOGIC, INC. * 13F17RC

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 69 YR