FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TDOC AIR-CHARGED CATHETER

MDR report key: 8427288 · Received March 17, 2019

Report

Report Number
9681424-2019-00001
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 17, 2019
Date of Event
February 11, 2019
Report Date
March 12, 2019
Manufacturer
LABORIE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CANADA ULC
Product Code
FEN
UDI-DI
00627825001045
PMA / PMN Number
K951805
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SZ
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS INCIDENT DID NOT RESULT IN A SERIOUS INJURY OF THE PATIENT OR REQUIRE MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HOWEVER, THIS EVENT IS BEING REPORTED TO THE FDA BASED ON A REVIEW OF THE RISK DOCUMENTATION FOR THE DEVICE WHICH IDENTIFIED THAT WERE THIS MALFUNCTION TO OCCUR AGAIN, THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT MEDICAL INTERVENTION MIGHT BE NECESSARY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A LABORIE CATHETER WHICH WAS USED IN A MALE PATIENT IN (B)(6) AS PART OF A URODYNAMICS STUDY HAD A STEEL WIRE PROTRUDING FROM THE CATHETER. THE PHYSICIAN EITHER DID NOT NOTICE THE DEFECT PRIOR TO INSERTING THE CATHETER INTO THE PATIENT, OR THE DEFECT OCCURRED AFTER INSERTION INTO THE PATIENT - WE ARE UNABLE TO TELL BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED - WHICH RESULTED IN THE PATIENT'S URETHRA RECEIVING MINOR SCRATCHES UPON REMOVAL OF THE CATHETER. NO MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF THIS PRODUCT MALFUNCTION; THE PATIENT WAS RELEASED AND DID NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP OR TREATMENTS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
220574 TDOC AIR-CHARGED CATHETER CATHETER FOR USE WITH URODYNAMIC SYSTEM FEN LABORIE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CANADA ULC CAT 880 180716 00627825001045

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1