FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ENTRADA COLONIC OVERTUBE

MDR report key: 3955177 · Received July 18, 2014

Report

Report Number
1528319-2014-00011
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 18, 2014
Date of Event
January 24, 2012
Report Date
July 18, 2014
Manufacturer
UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC.
Product Code
FDF
PMA / PMN Number
K092221
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT LOT NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED, AND THE TERM 'DISLOCATION' WAS NOT FURTHER EXPLAINED. THE STATUS OF THE PATIENT POST-INTERVENTION WAS NOT PROVIDED. IN RESPONSE TO A US ENDOSCOPY REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THE DISTRIBUTOR CONFIRMED THAT IT FIRST BECAME AWARE OF THE ADVERSE EVENT ON (B)(4) 2014, 30 MONTHS AFTER THE REPORTED EVENT OCCURRED. THE DISTRIBUTOR HAD NO FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE EVENT. THE DEVICE IS INDICATED FOR USE WITH A COLONOSCOPE TO PREVENT THE REFORMATION OF THE SIGMOID LOOP SUBSEQUENT TO THE REDUCTIO OF THE CURVATURE OF THE SIGMOID COLON BY THE COLONOSCOPE DURING COLONOSCOPY. THE DEVICE IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE FOR EASY ADVANCEMENT OF THE COLONOSCOPE WHILE MINIMIZING MUCOSAL PINCHING. THE DEVICE CONSISTS OF A SINGULAR, CLEAR TUBE WITH A DISTAL TAPERED TIP, AND AN IRRIGATION LINE AT THE PROXIMAL HANDLE. THE HANDLE CONFIGURATION INCLUDES GRIP FEATURES FOR EASE OF GRASPING, AND THE HANDLE PROVIDES A POSITIVE STOP AT THE PROXIMAL END OF THE TUBE. SPECIFICALLY THE IFU PROVIDES THAT ONCE THE DESIRED DEPTH OF INSERTION WITH THE ENTRADA COLONIC OVERTUBE IS ACHIEVED, AN ASSIGNMENT MUST HOLD THE DEVICE IN THIS POSITION AT ALL TIMES TO PREVENT INWARD AND OUTWARD MIGRATION. A REVIEW OF COMPLAINT HISTORY ((B)(4) 2010 - (B)(4) 2014) FINDS NO COMPLAINTS WHICH INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION SIMILAR TO 'DISLOCATION' (SUCH AS BREAKAGE, MIGRATION). THE REVIEW ALSO FINDS NO COMPLAINTS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH PATIENT HARM. THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON JULY 16, 2014, AN ADVERSE EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENTRADA COLONIC OVERTUBE (00711145) WAS COMMUNICATED TO A US ENDOSCOPY SALES MANAGER BY A DISTRIBUTOR IN (B)(6). THE DISTRIBUTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ADVERSE EVENT ON JULY 10, 2014. ACCORDING TO THE NOTIFICATION LETTER PROVIDED TO THE DISTRIBUTOR, THE ADVERSE EVENT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2012 DURING A SCREENING COLONOSCOPY. THE NOTIFICATION DESCRIBES CONDITION OF ELONGATED SIGMOID COLON AND INCOMPLETE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ENDOSCOPE. THE NOTIFICATION STATES THAT COMPLICATIONS OCCURRED DURING USE OF THE DEVICE, RESULTING IN DISLOCATION OF THE DEVICE. THE NOTIFICATION STATES THAT ENDOSCOPIC RETRIEVAL WAS NOT ACHIEVED BECAUSE THE DEVICE HAD BECOME STUCK IN THE SIGMOID COLON, AND FURTHER STATES THAT THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED VIA SURGICAL INTERVENTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
423150 ENTRADA COLONIC OVERTUBE COLONIC OVERTUBE FDF UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC. 00711145 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention