FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

HAKIM PROGRAMMABLE VALVE

MDR report key: 11027125 · Received December 17, 2020

Report

Report Number
3013886523-2020-00252
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 17, 2020
Date of Event
November 3, 2020
Report Date
November 26, 2020
Manufacturer
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES SWITZERLAND SAR
Product Code
JXG
PMA / PMN Number
NI
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

UNIQUE DEVICE IDENTIFIER (UDI) : (B)(4). THE HAKIM VALVE WAS RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) - LOT 4171051, CONFORMED TO THE SPECIFICATIONS WHEN RELEASED TO STOCK. FAILURE ANALYSIS - THE VALVE WAS VISUALLY INSPECTED; BIOLOGICAL DEBRIS WAS NOTED INSIDE VALVE AND ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE VALVE, BIOLOGICAL DEBRIS WAS ALSO NOTED INSIDE OF CATHETERS. THE POSITION OF THE CAM WHEN VALVE WAS RECEIVED WAS 70MMH2O. THE VALVE WAS HYDRATED. THE VALVE WAS TESTED FOR PROGRAMMING WITH PROGRAMMER 82-3126 WITH SERIAL NUMBER (B)(6) AND PROGRAMMER 82-3190 WITH SERIAL NUMBER (B)(6), THE VALVE FAILED THE TEST, THE CAM MECHANISM DID NOT MOVE DURING THE PROGRAMMING PROCESS. THE VALVE WAS FLUSHED AND FAILED. THE CATHETERS WERE IRRIGATED, FAILED THE CATHETERS WERE OCCLUDED WITH BIOLOGICAL DEBRIS. THE VALVE COULD NOT BE REFLUX DUE TO OCCLUSION. THE VALVE WAS DISMANTLED AND WAS EXAMINED UNDER MICROSCOPE AT APPROPRIATE MAGNIFICATION AND BIOLOGICAL DEBRIS WAS FOUND COVERING THE VALVE MECHANISM AND INSIDE THE CATHETERS. THE CAM MAGNETS WERE CONTROLLED AND PASSED. THE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE ISSUE REPORTED BY THE CUSTOMER IS DUE TO BIOLOGICAL DEBRIS FOUND COVERING THE VALVE MECHANISM AND INSIDE THE CATHETERS.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

N/A.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN INITIATED BASED ON THE REPORTED INFORMATION. UPON COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A FACILITY REPORTED AN OBSTRUCTED HAKIM VALVE. THE VALVE WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2020. THE PATIENT SYMPTOMS OF HYDROCEPHALUS DID NOT IMPROVE, AND THE VALVE WAS EXPLANTED, AND REPLACED ON (B)(6) 2020.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1493122 HAKIM PROGRAMMABLE VALVE CHPV JXG INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES SWITZERLAND SAR

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1