FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

8/10 DILATOR/SHEATH SET

MDR report key: 4170315 · Received October 14, 2014

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2014-03370
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 14, 2014
Date of Event
September 25, 2014
Report Date
September 25, 2014
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER
Product Code
EZN
PMA / PMN Number
K851144
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SG
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE RETURNED RENAL DILATOR STYLET AND SHEATH REVEALED THAT THE DISTAL TIP OF THE SHEATH WAS SPLIT AND DEFORMED AND THE SHEATH WAS KINKED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. THE STYLET WAS BENT MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE WAY IT WAS PACKAGED FOR RETURN. BASED ON ALL GATHERED INFORMATION, THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE CLASSIFICATION IS OPERATIONAL CONTEXT. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) WAS PERFORMED; NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINT DATABASE REVEALED THAT NO SIMILAR COMPLAINTS EXIST FOR THE SPECIFIED LOT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT AN 8/10 DILATOR/SHEATH SET WAS USED DURING A PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2014. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE DISTAL TIP OF THE DILATOR WAS DETACHED INSIDE THE PATIENT UPON ADVANCING THE INTRO NEEDLE AND WAS SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER 8/10 DILATOR/SHEATH SET. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE STABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT AN 8/10 DILATOR/SHEATH SET WAS USED DURING A PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2014. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE DISTAL TIP OF THE DILATOR WAS DETACHED INSIDE THE PATIENT UPON ADVANCING THE INTRO NEEDLE AND WAS SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER 8/10 DILATOR/SHEATH SET. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE STABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
649530 8/10 DILATOR/SHEATH SET DILATOR, CATHETER, URETERAL EZN BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER M0062601200 16757239

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1