| Catalog Number |
EDNTC1001 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
|
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Unspecified Respiratory Problem (4464)
|
|
Type of Reportable Event
|
Death
|
|
Event or Problem Description
|
|
Histosonics was made aware of a manuscript pending publication which identified a previously unreported patient death which occurred one-week post-histotripsy procedure due to respiratory distress of unknown etiology.
|
| |
|
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
|
|
Although the attribution is unclear, histosonics is reporting this death out of an abundance of caution given the timing post-histotripsy.Histosonics is unaware of any device malfunctions or other noteworthy events which may have occurred during the case and/or contributed to the patient death.
|
| |
|
Search Alerts/Recalls
|