FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

OMNIGUIDE LIGHTPATH 150

MDR report key: 1031238 · Received April 17, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005350457-2008-00003
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 17, 2008
Date of Event
January 4, 2008
Report Date
April 17, 2008
Manufacturer
OMNIGUIDE, INC.
Product Code
GEX
PMA / PMN Number
K070157
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE OMNIGUIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE WAS NOTIFIED IN 2008 OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE TO REMOVE TRACHEAL PAPILLOMAS WHICH WERE OCCLUDING THE AIRWAY. THE PAPILLOMAS WERE LARGE AND INITIALLY DEBULKED USING A RIGID BRONCHOSCOPE. THEY WERE THEN OBLATED USING THE OMNIGUIDE LIGHTPATH LASER FIBER. POST OPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED SUB CUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA, MOST LIKELY DUE TO TRACHEAL PERFORATION. A CHEST TUBE WAS PLACED AND THE PATIENT WAS LATER DISCHARGED. CAUSE OF THE TRACHEAL PERFORATION WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 OMNIGUIDE LIGHTPATH 150 LASER WAVEGUIDE FIBER GEX OMNIGUIDE, INC. LP 150 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention