FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ASCEND AQ URETERAL BALLOON CATHETER

MDR report key: 3760921 · 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