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During an endoscopic procedure for an upper gastrointestinal bleed, the physician used a cook hemospray endoscopic hemostat.It was reported "after they setup and activate the device (per ifu), they passed the catheter down the scope channel (thumb/plug technique, air flush scope channel etc.), when they press deployment button, no powder comes out.They tried the second catheter (repeat steps), still no powder coming out.They removed catheter from the scope, disconnect the catheter from the hemospray handle, with safety off, they tried to spray some in the trash bin to test but still no powder coming out.They said that the handle felt cold, the part where the co2 cartridge is." [unable to spray-subject of report].No unintended section of this device remained inside the patient¿s body.The patient was not hospitalized and did not undergo prolonged hospitalization due to this occurrence.The patient did not experience a delay or require any additional procedure due to this occurrence.The complainant did not report any adverse effects on the patient due to this occurrence.
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