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The customer reported multiple incidents between end of february and mid-march of foley balloons not deflating; for incident 4, the staff started to pretest balloons, and they found another foley that had the same issue of the balloon not deflating.Medline quality received 1 ea of the reported product in unpackaged, unused condition; visual assessment revealed no defects nor abnormalities, dimensional analysis found that product dimensions were within specified criteria, and functional testing found the balloon inflated without issue and deflated without incident.The reported issues could not be verified based on visual or functional inspection of the received sample, and the cause was not confirmed with received sample.Medline quality will continue to monitor for the issue through bi-weekly complaint meetings and quarterly trending analysis.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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