FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IMAGER II

MDR report key: 796780 · Received December 12, 2006

Report

Report Number
6000093-2006-02586
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 12, 2006
Date of Event
November 8, 2006
Report Date
November 13, 2006
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.
Product Code
DQC
PMA / PMN Number
k050863
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED FOR ANALYSIS AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO A CAROTID ARTERY ANGIOGRAPHY DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE, THE PACKAGE SEAL WAS COMPROMISED. THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT, "WHEN THE NURSE CAME TO OPEN THE STERILE PACK ON THIS IMAGER CATHETER, SHE FOUND A GAP IN THE SEAL, WHICH THEREFORE COMPROMISED THE STERILITY OF THE PRODUCT. ANOTHER CATHETER WAS USED INSTEAD. " THE DEVICE HAD NO CONTACT WITH THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER OF THE SAME DEVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IMAGER II DQC, CATHETER, INTRAVASCULAR, DIAGNOSTIC DQC BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. NA 0000039891

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 *