FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BLAKEMORE TUBE

MDR report key: 84909 · Received April 18, 1997

Report

Report Number
8010095-1997-00036
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 18, 1997
Report Date
April 18, 1997
Manufacturer
RUSCH MFG. UK, LTD.
Product Code
KDH
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS STATED THAT PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO USE THREE OF THE SAME ITEM. THE FIRST TWO, THE BALLOON STUCK TO THE PAPER AND THE THIRD WAS STUCK AS WELL BUT PHYSICIAN WAS ABLE TO SEPARATE THE BALLOON FROM THE PAPER AND USE THE DEVICE. IT WAS STATED THAT THIS DEVICE HAS BOTH BALLOONS MARKED GASTRIC WHILE ONE OF THESE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MARKED OSOPHAGEAL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BLAKEMORE TUBE SENGSTAKEN TUBES KDH RUSCH MFG. UK, LTD. NA E342136

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN Required Intervention