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POLARx Adverse Events: FDA MAUDE Data

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION · Cardiac Ablation Catheter for Atrial Fibrillation · First cleared Aug 2023

Total Reports

233

Reports (30d)

0

Active Signals

2

Open Recalls

7

Monthly Report Volume

Event Type Breakdown

What the reports describe · Claripulse analysis

Most commonly reported problems

1

Balloon Deflation During Cryoablation

cryo, cryoablation, notice, balloon, balloon catheter

2

reports

Problem groupings are generated by Claripulse from report narrative text. They summarize what reporters wrote, not adjudicated root cause.

Detection

Active safety signals

Disproportionate reportinghighIncreasing trendcritical

Regulatory

FDA recalls for this device

Class I

Oct 10, 2024 · Open, Classified

Boston Scientific is updating the instructions for use of their POLARx and POLARx FIT Cryoablation Balloon Catheters related to Atrio-esophageal Fistula Risk.

Class I

Oct 10, 2024 · Open, Classified

Boston Scientific is updating the instructions for use of their POLARx and POLARx FIT Cryoablation Balloon Catheters related to Atrio-esophageal Fistula Risk.

Class I

Oct 10, 2024 · Open, Classified

Boston Scientific is updating the instructions for use of their POLARx and POLARx FIT Cryoablation Balloon Catheters related to Atrio-esophageal Fistula Risk.

Class I

Oct 10, 2024 · Open, Classified

Boston Scientific is updating the instructions for use of their POLARx and POLARx FIT Cryoablation Balloon Catheters related to Atrio-esophageal Fistula Risk.

Class I

Oct 10, 2024 · Open, Classified

Boston Scientific is updating the instructions for use of their POLARx and POLARx FIT Cryoablation Balloon Catheters related to Atrio-esophageal Fistula Risk.

Class I

Oct 10, 2024 · Open, Classified

Boston Scientific is updating the instructions for use of their POLARx and POLARx FIT Cryoablation Balloon Catheters related to Atrio-esophageal Fistula Risk.

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Understanding this data

What FDA MAUDE data does and does not tell you

How these reports are filed, why raw counts mislead, and the limits to know before drawing conclusions.

How a safety signal is detected

What the "Active Signals" count above means and the methods that separate a real signal from noise.

Disclaimer: This system analyzes publicly available FDA MAUDE data. It does NOT provide medical advice. MAUDE data is de-identified. Do not attempt re-identification. Report counts may differ from the FDA's MAUDE search due to processing cadence and deduplication. Data is updated weekly.