FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ALLIANCE? II

MDR report key: 3903123 · Received June 30, 2014

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2014-02419
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 30, 2014
Date of Event
June 6, 2014
Report Date
June 9, 2014
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK
Product Code
MAV
PMA / PMN Number
K922573
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AR, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE EXACT AGE OF THE PATIENT IS UNKNOWN, HOWEVER, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS OVER 18 YEARS. REPORTED EVENT OF GAUGE READING INACCURATELY. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, THE SUSPECT DEVICE HAS BEEN DISPOSED AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RETURN. IF ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MDR WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT AN ALLIANCE INFLATION SYRINGE WAS USED DURING AN ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY WITH ESOPHAGEAL DILATION PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2014. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE GAUGE WOULD NOT WORK AND STAYED AT ZERO. THE GAUGE NEEDLE WAS STUCK AND WAS READING INACCURATELY. REPORTEDLY, THIS HAPPENED OUTSIDE THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER ALLIANCE INFLATION SYRINGE. 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 FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
380465 ALLIANCE? II SYRINGE, BALLOON INFLATION MAV BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK M00550601 0016833813

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1