FDA Adverse Event
Malfunction
Summary report: N
6893491
MDR report key: 6893491
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Received September 26, 2017
Report
- Report Number
- 6893491
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- September 26, 2017
- Date of Event
- August 31, 2017
- Report Date
- September 1, 2017
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- User Facility report
- Reporter Location
- TN, US
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
Narratives
Description of Event or Problem · 1
THE BRAVO PH MONITORING CAPSULE WAS NOT IN THE AREA EXPECTED WHEN THE ENDOSCOPE WAS INSERTED TO CONFIRM PLACEMENT. THE PHYSICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE REASON THE BRAVO PH MONITORING CAPSULE DID NOT ATTACH TO THE ESOPHAGUS. THE BRAVO PH MONITORING CAPSULE WAS VISIBLE IN THE BACK OF THE THROAT AND WAS RETRIEVED BY THE PHYSICIAN. ANOTHER BRAVO PH MONITORING CAPSULE WAS PREPARED AND ATTACHED TO THE ESOPHAGUS. NO UNTOWARD PATIENT EFFECTS.
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66 YR |