Patient admitted for induction of labor in the evening and had a cervical ripening balloon inserted through her cervix.Both the intrauterine and vaginal balloon were inflated with 80ml of sterile saline and gentle tension was applied to the catheter.The next morning, the patient reported that she was leaking fluid all night.The nurse applied gentle tension on the catheter and it came out of the vagina in its entirety.The vaginal balloon was visibly leaking and almost completely deflated and the uterine balloon was not fully inflated.Fda safety report id# (b)(4).
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