FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IAB: 8 FR - 40 CC FOS

MDR report key: 1022874 · Received March 28, 2008

Report

Report Number
1219856-2008-00158
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 28, 2008
Date of Event
October 8, 2007
Report Date
March 28, 2008
Manufacturer
ARROW INTL., INC.
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K021462
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AFTER EVALUATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE EVENT WAS MDR REPORTABLE. EVALUATION: THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) WAS RETURNED. PUMP TUBING, GUIDEWIRES, AND SHEATH WERE NOT RETURNED. THERE WAS BLOOD ON THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE IAB. THE ONE-WAY VALVE WAS ATTACHED ON THE LOCK CONNECTOR. THE DATA KEY AND SLIDE CONNECTED WERE ATTACHED TO THE FIBER OPTIX SENSOR (FOS) CABLE. A DIFFERENT GUIDEWIRE WAS FED THRU THE CENTRAL LUMEN WITH SOME RESISTANCE. A VACUUM WAS PULLED ON THE IAB AND HELD. THE FOS WAS LIGHT LEVEL AND PASSED. THE IAB WAS SUBMERGED AND PRESSURIZED IN WATER. NO LEAKS WERE DETECTED IN THE IAB OR BLADDER. BLADDER WAS MEASURED AND WITHIN SPECIFICATION. A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED ON THE IAB AND IT MET ALL SPECIFICATIONS AND PASSED ALL IN-PROCESS TESTING. NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND WITH THE IAB. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE INVOLVED SHEATH WAS NOT RETURNED, THE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE MD INSERTED THE SHEATH AND THE CLINICIAN PREPPED THE IAB PER INSTRUCTION. THE MD COULD NOT ADVANCE THE IAB THROUGH THE SHEATH. AS A RESULT, ANOTHER IAB WAS USED TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED PT COMPLICATIONS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IAB: 8 FR - 40 CC FOS INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM (FOS) DSP ARROW INTL., INC. MF7076013

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK