FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ULTRATOME? XL

MDR report key: 4092929 · Received September 16, 2014

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2014-03151
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 16, 2014
Date of Event
August 14, 2014
Report Date
August 21, 2014
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - COSTA RICA (COYOL)
Product Code
FDI
PMA / PMN Number
K930022
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MT, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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 MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

NOTE: THIS REPORT PERTAINS TO ONE OF TWO DEVICES USED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. REFER TO MANUFACTURER REPORT #¿S 3005099803-2014-03150 AND 3005099803-2014-03151. IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT AN ULTRATOME XL WAS USED IN THE COMMON BILE DUCT DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2014. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM A SPHINCTEROTOMY, THE DEVICE FAILED TO CUT AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE DEVICE DID NOT BEND PROPERLY. ANOTHER ULTRATOME XL WAS USED, HOWEVER, THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED. REPORTEDLY, THE DEVICE¿S ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONALITY WAS TESTED WITH TWO DIFFERENT CAUTERY MACHINES DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A DIFFERENT DEVICE AND THE SAME NON BSC ACTIVE CORD. 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
573066 ULTRATOME? XL SNARE, FLEXIBLE FDI BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - COSTA RICA (COYOL) M00535920 16985301

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 87 YR