MAUDE Adverse Event Report: AOMORI OLYMPUS CO., LTD. SINGLE USE ELECTROSURGICAL KNIFE

Model Number KD-640L

Device Problem Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)

Patient Problems Fever (1858); Unspecified Gastrointestinal Problem (4491)

Event Date 10/26/2020

Event Type  Injury  

Manufacturer Narrative

The device referenced in this report was not returned to olympus for evaluation.The definitive cause of the user's experience cannot be determined at this time.The investigation is ongoing.This report will be updated upon completion of the investigation or upon receipt of additional relevant information.

Event Description

It is reported in the literature titled ¿the poem bottom up technique for achalasia,¿ patients experienced adverse events during or after procedures using olympus devices.Case with patient identifier (b)(6) reports the gastrointestinal videoscope used in the procedures case with patient identifier (b)(6) reports the single use electrosurgical knife used in the procedures.Background poem (per oral endoscopic myotomy) is rapidly becoming a valid option for surgical myotomy in achalasia patients.Several techniques to perform poem are described, but all concentrate on the division of the circular muscle fibers in a proximal-to-distal fashion.Our aim is to present the distal-to-proximal, or the bottom-up technique using the flush/dual knife, which overcomes the disadvantages of the standard technique.Methods a retrospective study on a prospectively maintained database was performed on all patients treated by poem in our institution.Clinical presentation, operating time, adverse events, and outcomes were studied.Results poem was performed on 105 achalasia patients.The first 15 cases were performed using the standard technique and were compared to the next 90 cases performed using the bottom-up technique.The average preop eckhardt scores in the standard and bottom-up groups were 9.5 and 8.8, respectively, declining to 1.4 and 0.5, 3 months post myotomy (p<0.001).The average procedure time was 111.2 min for the standard technique and 74.3 for the bottom-up technique.(p=0.002).Perioperative adverse events included 14 instances of pneumoperitoneum, 3 tunnel leaks, and 4 patients with fever on postoperative day one.Pneumoperitoneum needing decompression and postoperative fever were more prevalent in the standard technique group.Conclusions as poem is becoming more common for the treatment of achalasia, refinements of the technique and instruments used are valuable.We compared our experience of the standard technique to our bottom-up technique and found the latter to be equally effective as well as safer, faster, and easier.We, therefore, suggest considering performing poem in this technique.There is no report of olympus device malfunction reported in any procedure described in this study.

Manufacturer Narrative

This report is being supplemented to provide additional information based on the legal manufacturer's final investigation.The device history record was unable to be reviewed for this device since the serial and/or lot number was not provided.However, olympus only releases products to market that meet all manufacturing specifications and final product release criteria.Based on the results of the investigation, the relationship between the device and the adverse event cannot be confirmed.There was no complaint reported on the subject device.There is no evidence of an olympus device malfunction.Therefore, the root cause cannot be determined.This supplemental report includes a correction to b3 and g2 to provide information not included on the initial medwatch.Olympus will continue to monitor field performance for this device.

• Brand Name: SINGLE USE ELECTROSURGICAL KNIFE
• Type of Device: SINGLE USE ELECTROSURGICAL KNIFE
• Manufacturer (Section D): AOMORI OLYMPUS CO., LTD.; 2-248-1 okkonoki; kuroishi-shi, aomori 036-0 357; JA 036-0357
• Manufacturer (Section G): AOMORI OLYMPUS CO., LTD.; 2-248-1 okkonoki; kuroishi-shi, aomori
• Manufacturer Contact: todd brill ; 800 west park drive; westborough, MA 01581 ; 5082077661
• MDR Report Key: 16070926
• MDR Text Key: 306361730
• Report Number: 9614641-2022-00875
• Device Sequence Number: 1
• Product Code: KNS
• Combination Product (y/n): N
• Reporter Country Code: IS
• PMA/PMN Number: K092309
• Number of Events Reported: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Report Source: Manufacturer
• Source Type: Other,Foreign,Literature,Health Professional,Company Representative
• Reporter Occupation: Physician
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date: 03/01/2023

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: Yes
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: No
• Device Operator: Health Professional
• Device Model Number: KD-640L
• Device Lot Number: UNKNOWN(LITERATURE)
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Is the Reporter a Health Professional?: Yes
• Was the Report Sent to FDA?: No
• Initial Date Manufacturer Received: 12/11/2022
• Initial Date FDA Received: 12/29/2022
• Supplement Dates Manufacturer Received: 02/20/2023
• Supplement Dates FDA Received: 03/01/2023
• Was Device Evaluated by Manufacturer?: Device Not Returned to Manufacturer
• Is the Device Single Use?: Yes
• Is This a Reprocessed and Reused Single-Use Device?: No
• Type of Device Usage: Initial
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Patient Outcome(s): Other