FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

SWISS LITHOCLAST MASTER

MDR report key: 785404 · Received November 9, 2006

Report

Report Number
3004096429-2006-00001
Event Type
Death
Date Received
November 9, 2006
Date of Event
September 20, 2005
Report Date
September 11, 2006
Manufacturer
E.M.S. ELECTRO MEDICAL SYSTEMS S.A.
Product Code
FFK
PMA / PMN Number
K012445
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
INVALID DATA

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE IS BEING SHIPPED TO EMS AND WILL BE HELD THERE IN QUARANTINE FOR PUBLIC ATTORNEY'S INVESTIGATION. EMS WILL UNDERTAKE INVESTIGATION OF THE DEVICE FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC ATTORNEY'S INVESTIGATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

EMS HAS BEEN INFORMED 10/11/06 BY DISTRIBUTOR OF SWISS LITHOCLAST MASTER THAT THE PUBLIC ATTORNEY, IS INVESTIGATING A CASE OF DEATH IN A HOSPITAL. THE PT PASSED AWAY IN 2006 AFTER A TREATMENT PCNL IN THE KIDNEY WITH THE SWISS LITHOCLAST MASTER. AN EXPERT OF DISTRIBUTOR INSTALLED THE DEVICE, AND ANOTHER EXPERT WAS PRESENT DURING THE OPERATION. ACCORDING TO INFO PROVIDED BY DISTRIBUTOR, THE DEVICE WAS IN PERFECT ORDER. BUT, COMPLICATION (BLEEDING) OCCURRED AFTER PERFORATION OF THE KIDNEY AND VESSELS AND THE TREATMENT HAD TO BE STOPPED. THE FOLLOWING NIGHT, AN EMERGENCY OPERATION TOOK PLACE, BUT THE PT DID NOT SURVIVE. BASED ON THE INFO PROVIDED, THE DEVICE IS NOT CONSIDERED TO HAVE MALFUNCTIONED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SWISS LITHOCLAST MASTER ENDOSCOPIC INTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPTOR FFK E.M.S. ELECTRO MEDICAL SYSTEMS S.A. FT-128W *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 * Death