FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

6893491

MDR report key: 6893491 · 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