THIS MDR IS BEING FILED AFTER THE ASSOCIATED COMPLAINT WAS REVIEWED UNDER REMEDIATION PROTOCOL (B)(4), COMPLAINT/MDR RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW AND REMEDIATION AND REASSESSED AS REPORTABLE. ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION AND RECORD REMEDIATION WAS NOT PERFORMED.
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Patient 1
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS REPORTED FOR A HEMOSTASIS PROCEDURE: THE USER INFLATED THE BALLOON WITH 50ML OF SALINE PRIOR TO PATIENT CONTACT AND DIDN'T FIND ANY DAMAGE IN THE BALLOON. THE BALLOON WAS DEFLATED AND INSERTED INTO THE PATIENT; THE BALLOON WAS INFLATED WITH APPROXIMATELY 150ML OF SALINE. THE BLEEDING STOPPED, BUT STARTED AGAIN AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS SO THE BALLOON CATHETER WAS REMOVED. THE SAME BALLOON CATHETER WAS THEN REINSERTED AND THE BALLOON WAS INFLATED WITH APPROXIMATELY 120ML OF SALINE. THE CERVIX WAS PULLED WITH FORCEPS TO PERFORM LOCAL ANESTHESIA AND WATER CAME OUT WITH A SPLASHING SOUND. THE BALLOON CATHETER WAS REMOVED AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BALLOON HAD A TEAR THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 5CM. ANOTHER DEVICE (SAME KIND) WAS PLACED IN THE PATIENT. THE USER NOTED THAT THE BALLOON DID NOT COME IN CONTACT WITH ANY HARD OBJECT AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE ON THE BALLOON WHEN IT WAS INSERTED. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ADVERSE EFFECTS TO THE PATIENT AS A RESULT OF THE REPORTED PRODUCT PROBLEM.