FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

LIFEPORT IMPLANTABLE VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM

MDR report key: 11350 · Received February 7, 1994

Report

Report Number
MW1000654
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 7, 1994
Date of Event
January 12, 1994
Report Date
January 20, 1994
Manufacturer
STRATO MEDICAL CORP.
Product Code
LJT
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
WV, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

EXTRAVASATION OF INTRAVENOUS FLUID REQUIRING REMOVAL OF SHUNT. INJECTION OF CONTRAST DYE UNDER FLUOROSCOPY SHOWED EXTRAVASATION ALONG COURSE OF CATHETER AND INTO SOFT TISSUE AT JUNCTION OF CATHETER TO PORT. THE PRECEEDING DAY RPTR WAS ABLE TO ASPIRATE BLOOD BEFORE GIVING ADRIAMYCIN, VINBLASTINE PLATINUM CHEMOTHERAPY. UNABLE TO ASPIRATE AFTER EXTRAVASATION NOTED. REMOVED CATHETER SHOWED 2 LINEAR SLITS APPROX 1 CM LONG (PARALLEL) AT MID PORTION OF CATHETER.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LIFEPORT IMPLANTABLE VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM Implant LJT STRATO MEDICAL CORP. LPS 7513

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 64 YR Hospitalization| R