FDA Adverse Event
Injury
Summary report: N
ASCEND AQ URETERAL BALLOON CATHETER
MDR report key: 3760921
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Received April 9, 2014
Report
- Report Number
- 1820334-2014-00165
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- April 9, 2014
- Date of Event
- March 14, 2014
- Report Date
- March 14, 2014
- Manufacturer
- COOK UROLOGICAL INC
- Product Code
- EZN
- PMA / PMN Number
- K040127
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- RI, US
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
Narratives
Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1
(B)(4). EVENT EVALUATION: STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
Description of Event or Problem · 1
A FEMALE PATIENT UNDERWENT URETEROSCOPY WITH STENT PLACEMENT ON (B)(6) 2014. THE PHYSICIAN PASSED THE BALLOON TO DILATE THE PROXIMAL URETER. THE BALLOON RUPTURED (THE COOK REP BELIEVES THIS MIGHT BE DUE TO OVER INFLATION). THEY COULD NOT GET PAST THE STRICTURE. THERE WAS TRAUMA TO URETER. A STENT WAS PLACED. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE BALLOON RUPTURE CAUSED THE TRAUMA TO THE URETER OR A NEED FOR INTERVENTION. THE TRAUMA COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY OVERINFLATION. A STENT IS USUALLY PLACED AT END OF THIS TYPE OF PROCEDURE. THE PATIENT MAY REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE TO PERFORM A LITHOTRIPSY PROCEDURE THAT TWAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE PERFORMED DURING THIS PROCEDURE.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 213268 | ASCEND AQ URETERAL BALLOON CATHETER | EZN DILATOR, CATHETER, URETERAL | EZN | COOK UROLOGICAL INC | NA | U2436478 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNK | Other |