FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INDIGO SYSTEM LIGHTNING 12

MDR report key: 12054713 · Received June 23, 2021

Report

Report Number
3005168196-2021-01405
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 23, 2021
Date of Event
May 28, 2021
Report Date
June 23, 2021
Manufacturer
PENUMBRA, INC.
Product Code
QEW
UDI-DI
00815948022560
PMA / PMN Number
K202821
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
LA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. WITHOUT THE RETURN OF THE DEVICE, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS FOR THIS LOT WERE REVIEWED AND DID NOT REVEAL ANY OUTSTANDING DISCREPANCIES, DESIGN, OR QUALITY CONCERNS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT WAS UNDERGOING A THROMBECTOMY PROCEDURE IN THE SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL VEIN (SFV) USING LIGHTNING ASPIRATION TUBING (LIGHTNING), AN INDIGO SYSTEM ASPIRATION CATHETER 12 (CAT12), AND A GUIDEWIRE. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN ADVANCED A CAT12 OVER THE GUIDEWIRE TO THE TARGET VESSEL AND INITIATED ASPIRATION. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE ROTATING HEMOSTASIS VALVE (RHV) WOULD NOT TIGHTEN ON THE CAT12 AND THAT AIR WAS LEAKING THROUGH THE RHV. THEREFORE, THE RHV WAS REMOVED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN ATTEMPT TO ASPIRATE CLOT USING A SMALLER RHV WAS MADE; HOWEVER, THE ASPIRATED CLOT BECAME STUCK IN THE RHV. THEREFORE, THIS RHV WAS ALSO REMOVED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED USING A NEW RHV AND THE SAME LIGHTNING AND CAT12. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN ADVERSE EFFECT TO THE PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
947590 INDIGO SYSTEM LIGHTNING 12 QEW QEW PENUMBRA, INC. LITNG12XTORQ100-A F103786 00815948022560

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR