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The case manager reported that the balloon on catheter was deflating, and it was possible that the previous catheter also fell out after 5 weeks.Medline quality did not receive a sample nor photographs of the reported product, and a post-market retrospective review of the past 6 months preceding the reported issue revealed 0 additional complaints of catheters deflating with respect to this product.The issue is unconfirmed, as no samples nor photographs were made available to review, and a root cause cannot be identified at this time.Based on the findings of the quality investigation, no change has been made to the regulatory reportability decision for the complaint.There were no reports of death, serious injury, medical intervention, or follow up care.It has been determined that the reported event could cause or contribute to serious injury if it were to occur again.In an abundance of caution, this is a reportable event.If additional information becomes available this report will be reopened and reevaluated.This medical device report (mdr) is being submitted as part of retrospective review activities, which include review of historical data in accordance with regulations at 21 cfr part 803.The information included in this mdr reflects the information reasonably known to the manufacturer at the time of this retrospective review and submission.
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