It was reported, during a tamponade / management of post partum hemorrhage (pph) procedure on a female patient using a bakri tamponade balloon catheter, the balloon had a hole in it.The bakri "failed" due to the issue.Another similar device was used to complete the procedure.The device was discarded by the customer.According to the initial reporter, the patient did not experience any adverse effects due to this occurrence.
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Blank fields on this form indicate the information is unknown, unchanged, or unavailable.Investigation ¿ evaluation.Reviews of the instructions for use (ifu) and quality control data were conducted during the investigation.The complaint device was not returned; therefore, no physical examinations could be performed; however, a document based investigation evaluation was performed.There is no evidence to suggest the product was not made to specifications.The lot number of the device is not known; accordingly, a review of the device history record could not be conducted.The instructions for use (ifu) included with this device provides the following information to the user related to the reported failure mode: how supplied: upon removal from the package, inspect the product to ensure no damage has occurred.The complainant did not return the complaint device to cook for investigation.Because production lot information was not provided, no representative product from the production lot could be evaluated.The complaint was confirmed based on customer testimony.A definitive cause of the incident could not be determined from the available information.The risk analysis for this failure mode was reviewed, and it was determined that no additional risk mitigating activity is required.We will continue our monitoring of similar complaints and have notified the appropriate personnel of this event.This report is required by the fda under 21 cfr part 803 and is based on unconfirmed information submitted by others.Neither the submission of this report nor any statement contained herein is intended to be an admission that any cook device is defective or malfunctioned, that a death or serious injury occurred, nor that any cook device caused, contributed to, or is likely to cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if a malfunction occurred.
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