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During an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (egd), the physician used a cook hercules 3 stage wireguided balloon esophageal-pyloric-colonic.It was reported that the leaked contrast into the stomach while dilating [in the esophagus].A section of the device did not remain inside the patient¿s body.The patient did not require any additional procedures due to this occurrence.According to the initial reporter, the patient did not experience any adverse effects due to this occurrence.
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Investigation evaluation: the product said to be involved were returned in a plastic biohazard bag.Provided with the return was an open pouch from the lot number provided in the report.The label matches the product returned.Our evaluation of the product said to be involved could not confirm the report as it was described.A visual examination did not show any kinks/bends in the catheter and the pre-loaded wire guide was not included in the return.The balloon also appears to have been inflated.A functional test was performed on the returned device.A cook dilation syringe ds-60cc-s from our stock was filled with water and attached to the balloon inflation port.The syringe was placed into an inflation handle, and negative pressure was applied to the balloon.After applying negative pressure, the balloon was inflated with water up to 6 atm.The balloon inflated as intended, no water was observed leaking from the device.The device held pressure for 5 minutes and no leakage was observed.We were unable to recreate the difficulty experienced by the user.The device history record for the lot number said to be involved was reviewed.A discrepancy or anomaly was not observed with the product that was released for distribution.Investigation conclusion: our evaluation of the returned device could not confirm the report; the balloon did not leak during testing.A definitive cause for this observation could not be determined because the actual use conditions could not be duplicated in the laboratory setting.Due to a variety of clinical conditions such as patient anatomy, endoscope position or progression of disease state, we could not reproduce the actual conditions of product usage during our laboratory analysis.This limits our ability to conclusively determine a cause.Prior to distribution, all hercules 3 stage wire guided balloons esophageal-pyloric-colonic are subjected to a visual inspection and functional testing to ensure device integrity.A review of the device history record confirmed that the lot said to be involved met all manufacturing requirements prior to shipment.Corrective action: based on the quality engineering risk assessment, no corrective action is warranted at this time.A review of the complaint history was conducted.Based on this review, the likelihood of this type of report is rare.Quality assurance will continue to monitor for complaint trends.
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