FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SORIN HEATER-COOLER SYSTEM

MDR report key: 10828609 · Received November 12, 2020

Report

Report Number
10828609
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 12, 2020
Date of Event
April 25, 2018
Report Date
November 3, 2020
Manufacturer
LIVANOVA USA INC.
Product Code
DWC
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
GA
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

MIDDLE-AGED PATIENT WITH SIGNIFICANT PMH (PAST MEDICAL HISTORY) OF OBESITY, OSA (OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA), BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE AND ASCENDING AORTIC ANEURYSM S/P AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH ON-X VALVE AND ASCENDING AORTIC ANEURYSM REPLACEMENT. PATIENT HAD ANOTHER CARDIAC SURGERY ~3 MONTHS LATER. CULTURES WERE OBTAINED AT THAT TIME. A MONTH LATER, WE RECEIVED LAB RESULTS THAT INFORMED US THAT PATIENT HAD M. CHIMAERA IN HIS AORTIC ROOT. THE INFECTION MAY HAVE ORIGINATED FROM THE USE OF THE SORIN HEATER - COOLER UNIT IN HIS PREVIOUS CARDIAC SURGERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1297446 SORIN HEATER-COOLER SYSTEM CONTROLLER, TEMPERATURE, CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS DWC LIVANOVA USA INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 20440 DA Life Threatening