FUJIFILM
Report
- Report Number
- 2431293-2017-00080
- Event Type
- Death
- Date Received
- November 27, 2017
- Date of Event
- November 12, 2015
- Report Date
- January 5, 2018
- Manufacturer
- FUJIFILM CORPORATION
- Product Code
- FDT
- UDI-DI
- 04547410330915
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Distributor report
- Reporter Location
- IL, US
- Reporter Occupation
- ATTORNEY
Narratives
ON (B)(4) 2017 THE IMPORTER ((B)(4)) BECAME AWARE OF THE ALLEGED EVENT. THE NOTIFICATION INDICATED A POTENTIAL CLAIM AGAINST FUJIFILM, STEMMING FROM A DEATH ALLEGEDLY RELATED TO A FUJIFILM DUODENOSCOPE MODEL ED-530XT, USED DURING A PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2015, AT (B)(6). WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM, HOWEVER, WHETHER A FUJIFILM DUODENOSCOPE MODEL ED-530XT WAS EVEN USED DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE FIRM IS WAITING TO RECEIVE MEDICAL RECORDS OF THE PATIENT TO CONDUCT FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
THIS SUPPLEMENT PERTAINS TO INITIAL MDRS 3001722928-2017-0001 AND 2431293-2017-0080. IN THE INITIAL REPORT, FUJIFILM NOTED THAT ITS INVESTIGATION INTO THE UNDERLYING EVENT, INCLUDING WHETHER THE EVENT INVOLVED A FUJIFILM ED-530XT, WAS UNDERWAY. SINCE THE INITIAL REPORT WAS FILED, FUJIFILM HAS EVALUATED THE MEDICAL RECORDS AND ITS INTERNAL SERVICE RECORDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT AND SUBJECT SCOPE AND HEREBY PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION (WHICH WAS NOT AVAILABLE WHEN THE INITIAL REPORT WAS FILED). MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE PATIENT DEVELOPED SEPSIS FOLLOWING A (B)(6) 2015 ERCP AND/OR (B)(6) 2015 PTC PLACEMENT PROCEDURE AND EXPIRED ON (B)(6) 2015. PHYSICIAN NOTES INDICATE THAT SEPSIS WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY CHOLANGITIS RELATED TO A PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS (BILE DUCT STONES OR GALLSTONES IN THE BILE DUCT). TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ERCP, PATIENT HAD REPEATED HOSPITALIZATIONS RELATED TO CHOLELITHIASIS WITH GALLBLADDER DISTENSION LEADING TO A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY. FOLLOWING THE CHOLECYSTECTOMY, MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATE THAT PATIENT HAD A RESIDUAL BILE DUCT STONE RESULTING IN A FILLING DEFECT WITHIN THE MID TO DISTAL COMMON BILE DUCT CONSISTENT WITH CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS. PATIENT WAS THEN TRANSFERRED/ADMITTED TO (B)(6) MEDICAL CENTER FOR ERCP GALLSTONE REMOVAL. AT (B)(6) MEDICAL CENTER, PATIENT HAD TWO ERCP PROCEDURES PERFORMED. THE FIRST ERCP PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2015 AND A REPEAT PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2015. PATIENT EXPIRED ON (B)(6) 2015. NOTE THAT THERE IS NO ALLEGATION RELATED TO THE (B)(6) 2015 ERCP (CULTURES WERE TAKEN PRIOR TO THE NOV. 12 PROCEDURE). PATIENT DEATH RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS (CAUSE OF DEATH) INCLUDED "SEPSIS, UNSPECIFIED ORGANISM." SECONDARY DIAGNOSES INCLUDED SEVERE SEPSIS WITH SEPTIC SHOCK, ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE, ACIDOSIS, OBSTRUCTION OF DUODENUM, CALCULUS OF BILE DUCT WITH CHOLANGITIS, OTHER SPECIFIED DISEASE OF LIVER, AND UNSPECIFIED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. THIS MDR IS RELATED TO SUPPLEMENTAL MANUFACTURER MDR REPORT 3001722928-2017-00001. FUJIFILM WILL FURTHER SUPPLEMENT THIS MDR, AS NEEDED, SHOULD ANY NEW INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 839230 | FUJIFILM | VIDEO ENDOSCOPE | FDT | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | ED-530XT | 04547410330915 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 80 YR | Death |